(If the application is not under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act give details as to the Act) (State number of section(s) under which application is made) For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Form 01 Rule 4.2 (2) WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? Applications that do not have a prescribed form in the rules must be completed using this form.
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 20 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? Use this form when transferring interests in Māori Land by sale or gift between owners in the same block, owners and their children or owners and any other member of the preferred class of alienee.
Māori custom. 10. The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
Land management structure details Other statistics S Blocks with a land management structure have an average size of 108.55 ha and average 211 beneficial owners. S Blocks without a land management structure have an average size of 12.88 ha and average 41 owners.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
The form must be signed by the transferor and witnessed by one other person.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
The form must be signed by the transferor and witnessed by one other person.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
The form must be signed by the transferor and witnessed by one other person.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 21 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF AN ALIENATION Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 151 Form 25 Rule 11.3 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? Use this form to seek Court confirmation of an instrument or agreement of sale or gift of Māori Land; or to confirm a resolution of assembled owners to transfer Māori Land by way of sale or gift.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-25-Confirmation-alienation.pdf (194 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 the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application f...
Documents/Panui/May-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (2.8 mb)
An application to the MLC needs to be filed on the relevant application form and accompanied by the application fee, which is detailed on the form.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
