Tono tuihono Apply online Apply to the Court online in Pātaka Whenua.
TRUSTEES' ROLE AND DUTIES Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Your application may be heard by a Registrar and you will not need to attend court. If you would prefer your application to be heard in court by a Judge, please tick here: Page 3 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 38 2.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (220 kb)
Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard.
Documents/Panui/Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-June-20231.pdf (838 kb)
The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard.
Documents/Panui/0517423-Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-July-2023-web.pdf (838 kb)
ROHE O TĀKITIMU NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU May | Mei 2026 Contents Applications for hearing in May | Mei 2026 2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section 7 – 50 Te Rohe o Aotea 51 – 64 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti 65 – 98 Te Rohe o Taitokerau 99 – 114 Te Rohe o Tākitimu 115 – 129 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu 130 – 169 Te Rohe o Waiariki 170 –194 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto 195 – 197 Māori Appellate Court 198 – 219 Applications that remain o...
Documents/Panui/May-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (2.8 mb)
order of the Māori Land Court dated: / / 2. Is title completed by survey?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (322 kb)
PREFERRED PLACE OF HEARING: SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT Dated: / / Witness: (Signature) Full name: Occupation or qualification: Address of Witness: MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application may be lodged with the Registrar at any office of the Māori Land Court.
The Business Unit provides a range of services that support the Court process through the provision of: Court processing and support services to the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court; Administration services to support judicial decision-making and the statutory functions of the Chief Registrar, Registrars, Deputy Registrars and Officers of the Court; Access to the current and historic permanent record of the Court
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
