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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....
Use this form when exchanging some or all of your interests in MāoriLand by sale or gift with some or all of the MāoriLand interests of a different owner in a different block of MāoriLand.
APPLICATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māoriland.
The website also
contains a link to MāoriLand Online, a tool
that provides web based information on
the current ownership and title information 1
for all MāoriLand Court blocks.
(b) Promote title improvement by:
(i) granting or acquiring any type of right or interest in land;
(ii) subdividing any land;
(iii) bringing any application to the MāoriLand Court that might facilitate the
operation of this trust and the improvement of title to land; and
(iv) forwarding to the registrar of the MāoriLand Court in relation to the above any
instruments, titles, plans or other relevant documents fo...
NOTICE TO PREFERRED CLASSES OF
ALIENEES AS TO RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, Sections 147A and 152
In the MāoriLand Court
of New Zealand
Aotea District
Subject of application
Kai Iwi 5D1A2 (Record of Title 1038392)
Notice
I, Donald Brent Richards, have applied to the MāoriLand Court at Whanganui for
confirmation of a sale of the above Māori freehold land.
NOTICE TO PREFERRED CLASSES OF ALIENEES AS TO RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, Sections 147A and 152
In the MāoriLand Court
of New Zealand
Aotea District
Subject of application
Kai Iwi 5D1A2 (Record of Title 1038392)
Notice
I, Donald Brent Richards, have applied to the MāoriLand Court at Whanganui for confirmation of a sale of the above Māori freehold land.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 10 11:00 AM AP-20230000028368 18(1)(a)/93 Deputy
Registrar
Whenuanui 2B - Determine
whether Mr and Mrs Kidd have
received indefeasible title to
Whenuanui 2B
SP 11 11:00 AM AP-20230000028369 18(1)(h)/93 Deputy
Registrar
Determine whether Whenuanui 2B
is Maori Freehold land or General
land
SP 12 11:00 AM AP-20230000028219 67/93 Deputy
Registrar
Judicial Conference
(b) Promote title improvement by:
(i) granting or acquiring any type of right or interest in land;
(ii) subdividing any land;
(iii) bringing any application to the MāoriLand Court that might facilitate the
operation of this Trust and the improvement of title to land (held by the
Trustees on behalf of the Trust), including applications under Part 14
of the Act; and
(iv) forwarding to the Registrar of the MāoriLand Co...
