Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 30 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? Use this form when transferring interests in Māori Land by sale or gift between owners in the same block, owners and their children or owners and any other member of the preferred class of alienee.
Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
Recently the New Plymouth District Council commenced “abandoned land” proceedings to sell the land to settle outstanding rates.
Documents/Landowner-notices/NOTICE-OF-HUI-OF-DESCENDANTS-OF-MARY-NAERA.pdf (135 kb)
If there is a dispute about access or no response to an access notice, an internal reviewer will assess the situation. • Where the land is Māori-owned and the landowner does not participate in the internal review, the water service provider can appeal to the Māori Land Court under section 166(4)(b). • If the reviewer makes a decision that the landowner disagrees with, the Māori landowner can appeal to the Māori Lan...
If there is a dispute about access or no response to an access notice, an internal reviewer will assess the situation. • Where the land is Māori-owned and the landowner does not participate in the internal review, the water service provider can appeal to the Māori Land Court under section 118C(4)(b)
fair and durable resolution tatūtanga mau roa, tōkeke hoki filing / file whakatakotohia final recommendation tūtohunga whakamutunga financials tuhinga pūtea finding of fact otinga mō ngā meka finding otinga / kitenga fragmentation whakawehewehe function āheinga funds pūtea gifted takohatia give appropriate weight tuku whakaarotanga e tika ana grant (as in application) whakamana general land whenua tianara whenua tukupū grant leave (to appear) tuku whakaaetanga...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Kuputaka-Reo-Maori-Comms.pdf (24 mb)
For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court offi ce. Individual districts may mail out separate Pänui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu.
Documents/Panui/0526122-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-July-2022-web1.pdf (493 kb)
Te Puna Manawa Whenua outlines what they may need to know, understand, and do when hearing applications in the Māori Land Court.
Consider what you want to leave as a legacy for future generations. What does kaitiakitanga mean to me? What does whenua mean to me?
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/3.7-MLC-Mediation-Workbook.pdf (343 kb)
