There may be no need for a landowners’ meeting but the court is still required to issue an order. Māori incorporation Where the land is owned by a Māori incorporation, the committee of management may negotiate the terms of an easement with the interested parties.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
TITLE IMPROVEMENT 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/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
The Māori Land Court has been here for 150 years and if Māori have their way, it is here to stay.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP6 2:00 PM AP-20250000013662 19/93 Marcie Setoki Beverley Rewa McGhie Urenui 5B1(Waitara SD Lot 5B1 Subs 3 & 1 Sec 24 Blk IV) – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation Respondents: Sarten Group Judicial Conference.
Māori bodies in addition to Te Tumu Paeroa (the Māori Trustee), such as Post Settlement Governance Entities and Māori trusts and incorporations, will be eligible to undertake the role.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Apply online Download the application form Subdivision A private subdivision of whenua may be made, without lodging an application with the Māori Land Court, if: all the legal owners agree to the subdivision (where there is no trust) all the trustees agree to the subdivision (where the land is vested in trustees) the management committee of a Māori incorporation agrees (where the land is vested in a Māori incorporation) the new titles, issued by Land Infor...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 36 2:10 PM AP-20250000003683 133/93 Robert Christopher Smith He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara o Hongoeka 3C2A2 mai i te whenua atu i te whenua Māori ki te whenua Māori Change the status of Hongoeka 3C2A2 from General land to Māori freehold land At Palmerston North | Te Whare Wairua O Mererikiriki, 138 Maxwells Line, Awapuni, Palmerston North Thursday, 10 July 2025 Judge M J Doogan presiding Applications to be heard P...
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-July-2025-Edition.pdf (2.9 mb)
ROHE O TĀKITIMU NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU February | Pēpuere 2026 Contents Applications for hearing in February | Pēpuere 2026 2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section 7 – 39 Te Rohe o Aotea 40 – 60 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti 61 – 96 Te Rohe o Taitokerau 97 – 110 Te Rohe o Tākitimu 111 – 124 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu 125 – 162 Te Rohe o Waiariki 163 –186 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto 187 – 190 Māori Appellate Court 191 – 208 Applicat...
ROHE O TĀKITIMU NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU February | Pēpuere 2026 Contents Applications for hearing in February | Pēpuere 2026 2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section 7 – 39 Te Rohe o Aotea 40 – 60 Te Rohe o Tairāwhiti 61 – 96 Te Rohe o Taitokerau 97 – 110 Te Rohe o Tākitimu 111 – 124 Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu 125 – 162 Te Rohe o Waiariki 163 –186 Te Rohe o Waikato-Maniapoto 187 – 190 Māori Appellate Court 191 – 208 Applicat...
Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026-Revised.pdf (2.5 mb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington November 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 10th of September 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for...
