Income collected by a Māori land trust or incorporation is subject to income tax laws.
This includes our annual Māori Land Update, detailed Māori land information, Māori land spatial data.
Paneke means to ‘pass by’ or ‘pass through’ and it is the term used to refer to Māori Land Court services away from the district offices.
Pātaka Whenua, the Māori Land Court’s new online portal, launched in June 2023.
If you have a current application in the Māori Land Court that is being delayed by a dispute, you can ask for your application to be put on hold while you attempt to settle the dispute outside of court.
No record of these conversations will be publicly available on the Māori Land Court record. If an agreement is reached through mediation, the mediator will record the terms of the agreement and provide this to the Māori Land Court.
I am pleased to confirm that I have approved the release of a new Practice Note covering lawyers appointed and paid for under the Māori Land Court’s Special Aid Fund. I attach the new Practice Note for your records and advise that you may also find a copy on the new Māori Land Court website.
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
If you’ve been dealing directly with a Māori Land Court staff member, we suggest you get in touch with them first.
If you don’t agree with a decision made by the Māori Land Court, you can consider appealing the outcome of your application.
You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
