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MāoriLand Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2025 | Hune 2025
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, MāoriLand Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
to provide key statistics on Māoriland, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land
(MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or
incorporations versus those that are not....
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua
Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono
a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Rotorua
MāoriLand Court, 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Judge T M Wara Presiding
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Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828 | Passcode: 024235
PĀNUI
NO.
WAIARIKI
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Waiariki MāoriLand Court
Address 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua 3010
Mailing address DX Box JX10529, Rotorua
Phone Office 07 921 7402
Email Office mlcwaiariki@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai...
WAIARIKI
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Waiariki MāoriLand Court
Address 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua 3010
Mailing address DX Box JX10529, Rotorua
Phone Office 07 921 7402
Email Office mlcwaiariki@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai...
The changes affect all trusts,
including Māoriland trusts created through the MāoriLand Court
(such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing
trusts established before the law came into force.
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Aotea MāoriLand Court, Ingestre Chambers
Address 74 Ingestre Street
Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui
Phone 06-3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Court Sitt...
Page 1 MLC 04/26 - 5
The MāoriLand Court of New Zealand / The Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand
(Please select the name of the MāoriLand Court District in which the application was lodged)
Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
APPLICATION NUMBER: ...............................................................................................................................................
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Aotea MāoriLand Court, Ingestre Chambers
Address 74 Ingestre Street
Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui
Phone 06-3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Special Court Sit...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP11 2:00 PM AP-20240000009112 158/93
164/93
Ponty Hauwaho He whakawhitinga hea o Ponty
Hauwaho mai i nga poraka
whenua o Section 1-2 Survey
Office Plan 458886 hei koha ki
a Hauwai Patrick Hauwaho
Transferring shares in Section
1-2 Survey Office Plan 458886
by way of gift from Ponty
Hauwaho to Hauwai Patrick
Hauwaho
SP12 2:20 PM AP-20240000010896 239/93
338(7)/93
Melody Wilson He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Ruatoki B 87 Māori
Reserv...
Ngā tono $68
$68 applications
Succession to Māoriland
Transfer of shares in Māoriland
Establishment of a trust over Māoriland
Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māoriland
Determining the ownership of structures on Māoriland
Occupation of Māoriland
Ngā tono $228
$228 applications
Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māoriland
Anything...
