As such, record keeping in the Court has been variable with a former district focus resulting in many different classifications and arrangements of records, similar to the records of General land administration managed by Land Information New Zealand and its predecessors.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
GENERAL LAND OWNED BY MĀORI General land is a land which is owned by a Māori or by a group of people majority of whom are Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
In accordance with tikanga Māori there is no distinction to be drawn between whenua (land) that is dry and land that is covered by the sea.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
The information in this booklet does not apply to Māori reserves. 2 Māori reservation land Any Māori freehold land or any general land 1 may be set aside as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Before he was appointed, Deputy Chief Judge Coxhead worked in private practice with McCaw Lewis Chapman mainly in the areas of Treaty of Waitangi, Māori land issues, criminal and general civil litigation.
These guidelines are provided to assist judges of the Māori Land Court in considering any question of recusal. 2.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
This practice note is subject to Part 16 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 (Rules). 3. This practice note applies to the use of the Special Aid Fund by the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court (Court).
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
...Whānau Trusts nationally is 11,268 The total number of Kaitiaki Trusts nationally is 1,764 Exclusion List The following land types have been excluded from this update: • Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, General Land owned by Māori (a total of 451 blocks covering an area of 23,445.1077ha); and • Blocks pending internal review and investigation (a total of 218 blocks covering an area of 5,202.1636ha) • There is one Māori Incorporation th...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2023-05-19-MoJ-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-ver-1.pdf (227 kb)
Click “Start Application” to begin. If you selected a General Form of Application: After pressing Start Application, you will have another drop-down box to select the appropriate application type for the General Form.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
As a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
