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Fee increase summary
Current rate New rate
$22 $23
$66 $68
$220 $228
$385 $399
Detailed fee list
Māori Land Court Current rate (inc
GST)
New rate
(inc GST)
Filing an application in respect of the following:
(a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other
injury to Māori freehold land
(b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt,
demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land
(c) any o...
Our kaimahi can help you fill in applicationforms and provide general advice about your application and the court processes, but we do not provide legal advice.
Full details of changes are here. Application fees
Ngā tono me te kore utu
Applications without fees
Application for Dispute Resolution
Application to form a Whānau Trust (when filed together with succession)
An application under the Family Protection Act 1955
An application under the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949
Ngā tono $22
$22 applications
Changing your name in the Māori Land Court record
Noting of mortga...
The land that this application focussed on - the remaining part of the Crown grant
section - was never sold along with the land formed by accretion which adjoins it.
The Māori Land Court of New Zealand / Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand
[Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which your application will be lodged]
Select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
Subject of application – block / deceased / other matter
[Please state name and block number of land, Māori incorporation, person, or other matter in respect of which the application is made]
I...
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing
if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
The main claimant for the block was the
Hawke’s Bay rangatira Karaitiana Takamoana,
who had earlier formed part of a group of chiefs
who had leased the land to a consortium of
Pākehā runholders led by Thomas Tanner.
The thread of discussions from presenters and conference attendees is that arbitration is the preferred form of dispute resolution in many overseas jurisdictions.
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing
if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing
if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
