The principal difficulty with the proposal for an external manager or administrator is that it creates an additional and unnecessary category of governor of Māori land for a very isolated problem, when that role can and should be performed by a trustee (as, for example, the Māori Trustee previously did under the Māori Affairs Act 1953).
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
On 23 September Horonuku Te Heu Heu ‘made an application to the Court that the above blocks be awarded to the Crown, as a gift from himself for the purpose of a national park, and requested that when Horonuku Te Heu Heu Tukino IV (ca 1880-1888).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Contact your trust about an occupation license or lease. Before applying to the Māori Land Court for an occupation order, you will need consent from the other owners of the land, and if applicable, from trustees or the management committee of the Māori incorporation over the land.
FEE WAIVER An application a court user can file to ask for their application filing fee to be waived.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
The parties involved in the dispute will need to agree on the mediator to be used, or one can be appointed for you. You can apply for the dispute resolution service through one of our offices.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)
Apply online Download the application form Download the trustee consent form Te whakawātea i tētahi kaitiaki (utu tāpae $66) Remove a trustee (filing fee $66) Trustees can be removed for a variety of reasons.
Page 1 MLC 07/24 - 37 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz APPLICATION TO CONSTITUTE AN AHU WHENUA TRUST Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 215 Form 37 Rule 12.4 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (204 kb)
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 10/23 - 22 APPLICATION FOR SUCCESSION WHEN NO GRANT OF ADMINISTRATION IS HELD Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Sections 113 and 118 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Form 22 Rule 10.2(1),(2) WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2.pdf (392 kb)
Fee: $ (Depending on the type of application a fee of $22.00, $66.00 or $220.00 may apply.
TIP: Registered users who have saved an application to continue later, can open it from the Unsubmitted tab on this page.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
