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Apply online Download the application form Finances and mortgages Māori land can be used to secure finance or a mortgage just like any other interest in land.

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Apply by completing the appropriate application form. Forms are available at Māori Land Court offices or on our website.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Simple-and-uncontested-succession-applications-web-version.pdf (183 kb)

Fee: $70 Note Information provided in all applications forms part of the Court's permanent record under rule 7.19 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-24-Transmission-updated-24.06.2026.pdf (620 kb)

Shares in Māori freehold land are rarely transferred. Most pass by inheritance.

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If the trustees acquire further land or other assets for the purposes of the trust, that land becomes trust land, and the other assets become trust property.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)

Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 35 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz HE TONO KIA WHAKAWHITI ŌTA APPLICATION FOR EXCHANGE ORDER Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 310 Form 35 Rule 11.24 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? 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...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-35-Exchange-order.pdf (176 kb)

Succession is the legal transfer of land interests or shares from a person who has passed away (the deceased) to their descendants.

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SUCCESSION ORDER An order of the Māori Land Court that transfers the land interests of a deceased person to their successors.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)

(g)(v) (bb) Determine the period to give effect to the licence or lease or occupation order 28 23.2 Trustee honorarium options 30 26.1 Determine year for initial trust review 35 Schedule 1 Trust Land and Trust Property: Corpus Land, Other Land and Other Property - review 36 Schedule 2 Proxy Voter Form (refer to paragraph 15.1(d) at page 18) – witness is to be a person twenty (20) years or older

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Standard-Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-with-Checklist-and-Disclaimer.pdf (488 kb)

There are two application types you can file under section 214 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and rule 12.3 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 to form a whānau trust. These are: • Form 36 – application to constitute a whānau trust (non-succession) • Form 23 – application to form whānau trust (to be used with an application for succession) Option One – Form 36 Application to constitute a whānau trust (non- succession) Use this form if:...

How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)