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Download the application form Finances and mortgages
Māori land can be used to secure finance or a mortgage just like any other interest in land.
That provides a great deal of protection because the land cannot be sold or gifted away. Nor can the land be taken by way of an agreement under the Public Works Act 1981.
Additional interests
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7.3 If, after the constitution of this Trust, any additional Māori land interests are vested in the
name of any person who has vested Māori land interests into this Trust, those additional
interests shall be included as Trust Property of this Trust by application to the Court by
the Registrar without notice to the Beneficiaries.
To terminate a trust, you will need support from majority of the beneficiaries. In your application you’ll need to provide:
written consents of the trustees
written consents of the beneficiaries
evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and
a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred
If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary
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APPLICATION FOR AN EASEMENT
Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, Section 315
In the Maori Land Court
of New Zealand
Aotea District
APPLICATION is hereby made for an easement laying out access as shown on the plan
filed herewith over the land known as
being:
(a) Maori freehold land; or
(b) European land that ceased to be Maori Land on or after 1...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
February 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 10th of December 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or s...
To enable the Court to make a determination about your suitability as a trustee, please supply the following information (if
relevant):
a) I am a current or past trustee on other trusts or am or was a member of other organisations, namely:
Name of Trust/Committee Position held
b) I have the following relevant work or other experience; e.g kaumātua associated with the land or reservation:
Place of work Position or responsibilities
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