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There are 27,137 Māori freehold land titles and approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in those titles.

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Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (322 kb)

First, the report recommends that the law “provide transparent registration provisions for Māori land titles and assurance of title to reflect the nature of Māori land tenure as a collectively held tāonga tuku iho.”

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)

For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine th...

Documents/Panui/March-2026-National-Panui.pdf (2.6 mb)

SUCCESSION 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/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)

Since 1993 there has only been a trickle of Māori freehold land that has changed to European title.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

The Act also refers to general land owned by Māori. Whenua Māori korehere Māori freehold land Māori freehold land has gone through the Māori Land Court (or what was known as the Native Land Court) to be divided into blocks and converted into freehold titles.

Located in:  Māori land

s.315-326 Application Checklist For Acceptance All applications MUST:  Have all relevant sections of the form completed  Be dated  Be signed by the applicant(s) and/or Counsel  Have applicant(s) full contact details:  Contact address;  Phone details:  Home:  Mobile:  Email:  Other:  Where applicable have a statement of preferred place of hearing as opposed to District  Where appropriate and applicable, have proper witnessing  Appropriate fee or fe...

Uploads/Application-checklist-315_326-for-easement_roadway.pdf (313 kb)

Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)

  1    Māori Land Update –   Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua  June 2013 | Pipiri 2013  This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori  as  part  of  the  ongoing  efforts  to  help  inform  and  assist  owners,  organisations  and  government  agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.                  ...

Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2013.pdf (149 kb)