Detailed list of fee changes
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)
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)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of May 2023 providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/0323323-Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-May-2023-PROOF.pdf (823 kb)
The unique relationship between Māori and whenua is recognised by the MLC, and the records held by the Court form an invaluable part of the whakapapa of all Māori people.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
The special bond between Māori people and the land is recognised by the Māori Land Court, and the records held by this Court form an invaluable part of the whakapapa of all Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st of June 2023 providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-June-20231.pdf (838 kb)
Traditionally, the practice of whāngai was to strengthen whānau, hapū and iwi ties and relationships and to honour the responsibility that whānau had to each other.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 77 AP-20240000007291 40/93 98(9)(aa)/93 Deputy Registrar Ratana Paa 110 (Ratana Ahu Whenua Trust)– Application for payment from the Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund for reasonable fees and expenses (Service Provider: McCaw Lewis) 78 AP-20240000010164 40/93 98(9)(e)/93 Deputy Registrar Ransfield Incorporation - Application for payment from the Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund for reasonable fees and expen...
Documents/Panui/MLC-National-Panui-Februay-2025.pdf (2.2 mb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 77 AP-20240000007291 40/93 98(9)(aa)/93 Deputy Registrar Ratana Paa 110 (Ratana Ahu Whenua Trust)– Application for payment from the Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund for reasonable fees and expenses (Service Provider: McCaw Lewis) 78 AP-20240000010164 40/93 98(9)(e)/93 Deputy Registrar Ransfield Incorporation - Application for payment from the Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund for reasonable fees and expen...
Documents/Panui/Revised-MLC-Panui-National-Februay-2025.pdf (2.2 mb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of September 2024 providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/0724024-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-September-2024-web.pdf (1.3 mb)
Disputes can delay whānau connecting to and using whenua. Whānau who agree to enter mediation to resolve disputes can do so out of court, pay no filing fee and can practice the tikanga of your whānau and hapū in that mediation.