MLC Form 35 Exchange order
Use this form when exchanging some or all of your interests in Māori Land by sale or gift with some or all of the Māori Land interests of a different owner in a different block of Māori Land.
Use this form when exchanging some or all of your interests in Māori Land by sale or gift with some or all of the Māori Land interests of a different owner in a different block of Māori Land.
They will also be able to vote on whether they want to receive the land back as Māori or General land, and how that land will be held.
In Pātaka Whenua, you can find information about your whenua, search the court record, make an application or enquiry online and pay the application filing fee.
Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land. The status of the land will continue to be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing the status of the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
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tick as appropriate The land is not subject to any Trust The alienation is not in breach of any Trust to which the land is subject The alienee is a member of the preferred class of alienee being: Child(ren) or remoter issue of the alienor; or Whanaunga who are associated in accordance with tikanga Māori with the land; or Another owner in the land who is a member of the hapū associated with the land; or A trustee of any of the above three classes of perso...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-25-Confirmation-alienation.pdf (194 kb)
This form may be used to apply to the Court to confirm one or more resolutions passed by owners in Māori Freehold Land or General Land owned by Māori who together are members of the same family and who have taken the opportunity to meet together following a family gathering (such as tangi, wedding or reunion).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (192 kb)
The beneficial owners have no right to instruct the trustees how to manage and deal with the trust land or property.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
The 1882 statute brought all land used for burial – except urupā – under a common legal structure irrespective of how the land had come to be set aside.
If you are thinking about financing or mortgage arrangements, you should consider : The value of the land – How much the land is worth on the open market?