Submitting an application v1 6
On the final screen, check the name in the Payment Made By box is correct, you can change it if you need to.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
Search results for "change of land trust name"
Ngā tohutohu hei rapu i te pūkete kōti i Pātaka Whenua
Guidance to search the court record in Pātaka Whenua
This will show you: who the trustees are and when they were appointed when the land trust was formed any historical activities of the trust the trust order or deed.
JWI ACPECT Presentation 2022
In accordance with tikanga Māori there is no distinction to be drawn between whenua (land) that is dry and land that is covered by the sea.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Forgot Password Guide v4
By default, if you haven’t changed it to a customised one, then your Username would be your email without the “domain”.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Forgot-Password-Guide-v1.pdf (349 kb)
Māori Land Court Annual Report Matariki 2024 Matariki 2025
Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori Land Court Bench Book, serves as a reference for Māori land law and Māori Land Court decisions.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
Te Puna Manawa Whenua
Māori Land Court Bench Book
Te Puna Manawa Whenua outlines what they may need to know, understand, and do when hearing applications in the Māori Land Court. The name Te Puna Manawa Whenua can be translated to mean ‘the spring from deep underground.’
Amendments to Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 December 2020
The expertise of Māori Land Court judges is better utilised. Simple and uncontested trust applications Before 6 February 2021 Trust applications are decided by a Māori Land Court judge.
Factsheet Legislative changes affecting trusts
Simple and uncontested trust matters WHAT HAS CHANGED? Historically, trust applications were heard by a Māori Land Court judge.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
Factsheet Legislative changes supporting housing initiatives web version
What has changed? LEASE OR OCCUPATION LICENSE: Trusts over Māori reservation land may issue a lease or occupation license to enable the land to be occupied or built on for a period of time.
Te arotake, te whakarerekē rānei i tō tarahiti
Review or change a trust
Once a trust is established, you can apply to the Court to make changes to, review, or terminate, the trust.