Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/Revised-MLC-Panui-National-Februay-2025.pdf (2.2 mb)
MĀORI RESERVATIONS Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
Documents/5-11-reports/5-11-Report-Published-2025-05-May.pdf (4 mb)
Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (194 kb)
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.
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/MLC-National-Panui-October-2024.pdf (1.6 mb)
For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pānui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pānui / Te Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Māori Land Court A GUIDE TO OUR MINUTE BOOK ABBREVIATIONS MLC-FS1- Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land. What has changed? LEASE OR OCCUPATION LICENSE: Trusts over Māori reservation land may issue a lease or occupation license to enable the land to be occupied or built on for a period of time.
