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The modern Māori Land Court exists in an environment that is significantly different to that in which was created on 30 October 1865 by the General Assembly of the New Zealand Colony under the Native Lands Act 1865.

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Background / Court Directions: o Wānanga facilitated by kaimahi of the Māori Land Court for the purpose of a revised marae charter.

Documents/Landowner-notices/Kawiu-Marae.pdf (215 kb)

Access to Māori land was generally considered when the title of the land was originally issued and in many cases:  a roadway would have been created to give access to the land there may have already been a public or private roadway servicing the land, or a right of way to access land, across a neighbouring property, may have been put in place.

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Metadata Title: National Register of Māori Incorporations for New Zealand Date of data: 30 June 2025 Published by: Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington Email: te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz URL: Māori land data | Māori Land Court (xn--morilandcourt-wqb.govt.nz) Release Notes: The information contained in this spreadsheet is a snapshot of data from Pātaka Whanau of the Māori Land Court, New...

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2025-06-30-National-Register-of-Maori-Incorporations.xlsx (24 kb)

It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2016-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xls (4.8 mb)

Use this form when exchanging some or all of your interests in Māori Land by sale or gift with some or all of the Māori Land interests of a different owner in a different block of Māori Land.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-35-Exchange-order.pdf (248 kb)

Use this form to seek Court confirmation of an instrument or agreement of sale or gift of Māori Land; or to confirm a resolution of assembled owners to transfer Māori Land by way of sale or gift.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-25-Confirmation-alienation.pdf (194 kb)

Use this form to file an application to the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court to exercise their power under section 44 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to correct a mistake, error or omission on the part of the Court or in the presentation of the facts of a case to the Court.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-12-Chief-judge.pdf (92 kb)

I went on to discover however that at the time those succession applications were made, various Māori land interests had not been identified by the Court and were not included in the 1967 orders.

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Page 2 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 33 The Māori Land Court of New Zealand (please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some of all of the land is located) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu SUBJECT OF APPLICATION ..................................................................................................................

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-33-Confirmation-of-resolution.pdf (179 kb)