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From 1 July 2025, the Māori Land Court fees will increase by 3.65%. The details are set out below.

Documents/Articles/Detailed-list-of-fee-changes.pdf (287 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 (135 kb)

Currently Aotearoa New Zealand has 11 women judges of Māori ancestry who serve on the High Court, District Court and Māori Land Court. That figure represents about 4.8% of the judiciary.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (789 kb)

It also holds information about the whakapapa of landowners. It includes: Court files (the physical and electronic application file that holds all documents and correspondence about a matter in the Court) Minute books (the physical copy of all conversations and decisions made by the Court) Court orders (the decisions made by a Registrar or the Court) Instruments of alienation (the legal tool used to make changes to a land block) Block order files (the phy...

Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)

TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI / MĀORI LAND COURT Te wāhi: Ōtautahi / Christchurch Te hunga kooti i reira: S Te A Milroy, te kaiwhakawā M K Hickey, te karaka o te kooti Te Rangi: 15 Ākuhata 2024 Te nama o te tono: AP - 20240000007603 Te kaupapa: RESCHEDULING OF TE WAIPOUNAMU COURT SITTING DATE Te ture: Rule 3.8(1)(b), The Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Te Kooti: I have considered the 2024 October Te Waipounamu District court sitting dates for...

Documents/Panui/3.-89-Te-Waipounamu-MB-155.pdf (117 kb)

TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI / MĀORI LAND COURT Te wāhi: Wakatū / Nelson Te hunga kooti i reira: S F Reeves, te kaiwhakawā M K Hickey, te karaka o te kooti Te Rangi: 15 Ākuhata 2024 Te nama o te tono: AP - 20230000033429 Te kaupapa: RESCHEDULING OF TE WAIPOUNAMU COURT SITTING DATE Te ture: Rule 3.8(1)(b), The Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Te Kooti: I have considered the 2024 September Te Waipounamu District court sitting date for Christchur...

Documents/Panui/2.-89-Te-Waipounamu-MB-156.pdf (120 kb)

Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te wāhi: Rotorua Te hunga kooti i reira: Present C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua D Witoko, Te Karaka o te Kooti N Emery, Te Kairēhita Te rangi: 8 Oketopa 2025 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20240000014114 Te kaupapa: He whakakorenga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Waiariki Cancellation of a Waiariki court sitting date Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011: 3.8(1)(c)...

Documents/Panui/348-Waiariki-MB-279-dated-8-October-2025.pdf (98 kb)

Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te wāhi: Rotorua Te hunga kooti i reira: Present C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua D Witoko, Te Karaka o te Kooti N Emery, Te Kairēhita Te rangi: 12 Tīhema 2025 Te nama o te tono: Application number AP-20240000014114 Te kaupapa: He whakakorenga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o Waiariki Rescheduling of a Waiariki court sitting date Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011: 3.8(1)(b)...

Documents/Panui/1.-353-Waiariki-MB-131-dated-12-November-2025.pdf (106 kb)