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Information about whenua is generally held by the district office that is located closest to that land block. You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land...

Located in:  The court record

I / We seek financial assistance from the Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund for the following purposes.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-53-Special-aid.pdf (189 kb)

NOTICE TO PREFERRED CLASSES OF ALIENEES AS TO RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Sections 147A and 152 In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District TAKE NOTICE that the Raumati Family Trust has made application to the Māori Land Court at Whanganui for confirmation of a sale of Lot 3A2 Part Sub 3 of Section 24 Block IV Waitara S.D. block (being 6.5357 hectares more or less) located on Mokau Road, Ure...

Documents/Landowner-notices/1-v2.-Aotea-Notice-to-PCA.pdf (97 kb)

NOTICE TO PREFERRED CLASSES OF ALIENEES AS TO RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Sections 147A and 152 In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District TAKE NOTICE that the Raumati Family Trust has made application to the Māori Land Court at Whanganui for confirmation of a sale of Lot 3A2 Part Sub 3 of Section 24 Block IV Waitara S.D. block (being 6.5357 hectares more or less) located on Mokau Road, Urenui...

Documents/Landowner-notices/1.-Aotea-Notice-to-PCA.pdf (94 kb)

I am currently the judge for Te Waipounamu in the Māori Land Court. I am also presiding over a number of urgent inquiries in the Waitangi Tribunal, which has never been busier.

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Some people become landowners when a whānau member transfers land to them by gift or sale. The Maori Land Court will ‘vest’ the land interest by way of a vesting order.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court not later than 4.00pm, 9 January 2026.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings Landowner notices

Use this form to file an appeal against an interim or preliminary decision or determination of the Māori Land Court in which there remain outstanding matters for the Court to address.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-14-Leave-to-appeal-prelim.pdf (160 kb)

Page 1 MLC 07/24 - 5 The Māori Land Court of New Zealand / The Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand (Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which the application was lodged) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu APPLICATION NUMBER: ..........................................................................................................................

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-5-Notice-appear.pdf (216 kb)

The survey will close at midnight on Sunday 20 July 2025 . To access the Māori Land Court User Survey, please click the following link: Māori Land Court User Survey 2025 If you have any questions, please contact us by email at te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz

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