It is a comprehensive guide to Māori reservations and the regulations governing them, designed to inform and assist people who want to establish a reservation, trustees of reservations, and people who want to use reservations for events or activities.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Copies are available from the MLC. Māori reservations are different to Māori reserves. Māori reserves are lands administered by the Māori Trustee under the Māori Reserved Land Act 1955.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Urupa Reservations Urupā reservations (Māori burial grounds) have a special status in legal terms as well as having family, spiritual, cultural and historical importance.
It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2018-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xls (4.8 mb)
It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2017-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xls (4.8 mb)
It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2016-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xls (4.8 mb)
It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2021-10-08-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-Ver1.xlsx (2 mb)
It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2022-07-19-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-National-List.xlsx (2 mb)
One of the great advantages of establishing a marae, papakāinga, meeting place, recreational or sports ground, or wāhi tapu as a Māori reservation is that while the land is a Māori reservation it cannot be alienated.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 101 AP-20230000022751 A20190005305 165/93 118(6)/93 Danny Otiaterongotoa Rawiri Tapuae Robert Tukorehu Maniapoto also known as Robert Maniapoto - vest further interests from Ngahimi Iris rawiri (deceased) as administrator to beneficiaries 102 AP-20230000022858 A20210009109 113/93 118/93 Matanuku Kirihini Mahuika (Kāhui Legal), Pauline Marcelle Taylor, Terry Bevan Taylor Olivene (Olive) Ann Rose Taylor also known as Olive...
Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026-Revised.pdf (2.5 mb)
