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  Māori freehold land blocks often have many owners which have been decided by whakapapa (genealogy/connection) to that whenua.

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A trustee does not have to be an owner in the land. The Court, though, needs to be satisfied that the trustee is a “worthy appointee”.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)

HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee (if any) and may be filed at any office of the Court (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to select one box, then only select the box that applies; (iv) You must supply a list of Respondents and/or...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (378 kb)

Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office.

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026-Revised.pdf (2.5 mb)

Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office.

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026.pdf (2.5 mb)

Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.

Documents/Panui/0903423-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-October-2023-CONFIRMED-FOR-WEBSITE.pdf (615 kb)

FEE: $ 228.00 CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: List of owners, trustees and their addresses Statement setting out how the alienee is a member of one of the preferred classes of alienees (if applicable), including any necessary whakapapa details Roll valuation or special valuation of the land and any improvements to it by a registered valuer (as applicable) MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS Applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the Māori Land Court District in wh...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (178 kb)

HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SILNA WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 9 SEPTEMBER 2021 The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wanaka Survey District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.

Documents/SILNA/SILNA-List-09-09-2021.pdf (896 kb)

Only applications and sittings that were confi rmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court offi ce.

Documents/Panui/0526122-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-July-2022-web1.pdf (493 kb)

Persons bound to deal with property on behalf of the owners or beneficiaries. The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing them as trustee for the land is registered against the title.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)