https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz Page 10 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 22 MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application may be lodged with the Registrar at any office of the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (216 kb)
Pātaka Whenua, the Māori Land Court’s new online portal, launched in June 2023.
This trust will hold the land for the beneficial owners, hapū, iwi, or Whenua Tōpū trust.
Currently, the land is held in trust until the owners can receive the land.
We showed ourselves flexible, adopt- ing our new way of working with confidence and embracing our new tool to serve Māori land- owners.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
And this week, the Chairperson of the Tribunal initiated the new kaupapa inquiry programme by appointing a panel and commencing the inquiry for the claims concerning military veterans. For our wahine toa, full engagement of the intellectual, social and cultural capital of mana wahine is necessary for te iwi Māori to fully achieve our aspirations for our people and our whenua.
While the immediacy of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown restrictions raised challenges for the Māori Land Court, it has presented an opportunity to examine our processes, our use of technology, and consider how they can be improved to ultimately assist Māori land owners.
It is only right we acknowledge our Māori language, our Māori world. Well then, I will leave my tributes to my language, to our language, there, knowing that words will never be able to fully express my appreciation for our language.
If you file an application to the Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court on or after 1 July 2026 , you will notice an increase in the fee you need to pay: Our $23 fee will increase to $24 Our $68 fee will increase to $70 Our $228 fee will increase to $233 Our $399 fee will increase to $408 More information The full list of updated fees is available here .
Forms are available at Māori Land Court offices or on our website. For office contact details, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us To download a form from our website, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/application-forms If you prefer your application is decided in court by a judge, tick that option on the application form.
