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Keeping your phone number, email address and postal address up to date is important. Using this form, you can update your details for the potential owners of the SILNA blocks.

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In the Waitangi Tribunal, the panel can have regard to and adopt such aspects of marae kawa as the Tribunal thinks appropriate.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-and-Waitangi-Tribunal-Media-Guidelines.pdf (271 kb)

What does this mean for you? If you file an application to the Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court on or after  1 July 2026 , you will notice an increase in the fee you need to pay: Our $23 fee will increase to $24 Our $68 fee will increase to $70 Our $228 fee will increase to $233 Our $399 fee will increase to $408 More information The full list of updated fees is available here .

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As a trust, incorporation, or other entity subject to Māori land laws, you can apply for Māori Authority status from Inland Revenue (IR).

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We are committed to improving our performance through more training, fixing inconsistencies, and streamlining processes. To assist you, we have created new guidance to help you navigate Pātaka Whenua.

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At this point in te pā whenua, you should have gathered all the information you need, and you should be ready to file an application with the Court.

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Waiariki PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Ōpōtiki Ministry of Justice, District Court, 117 Church Street, Ōpōtiki Tuesday 5 September 2023 Judge T M Wara Presiding PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SSep1/1 10:20 AM AP-20230000023532 158/93, 164/93 Anthony Selwyn Insley Awanui Haparapar...

Documents/Panui/5-September-2023-SSep1.pdf (146 kb)

Time: ............................................................. am / pm A full copy of the application may be obtained from the Court office. You are entitled to appear at the hearing. If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy on the applicant.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-4-Notice-application.pdf (128 kb)

To support you through the application process, four plain-language application guides have been developed: How to apply for succession How to apply for Partition of Māori freehold land How to constitute a whānau trust How to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust These new guides are designed to help you identify the right application to make, understand where to begin, and prepare all the information needed before applying.

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This is a snapshot of applications as at 28 February 2025 and some applications that appear on this schedule may already have been dealt with by the Court at the time of publication.

Documents/5-11-reports/2025-02-28-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC.pdf (6.7 mb)