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Where the Māori Trustee has been appointed as responsible trustee of a Māori Land Trust, we provide a range of services that support the owners and trustees, including: Administer trusts in accordance with the trust order Convene and facilitate owner hui, also known as meetings of owners Provide reports and information regarding the administration of the trust and the whenua to advisory trustees and owners Identify and undertake work to protect and enhance the wh...

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You will also need to provide evidence you have notified beneficiaries or owners and have any consents to the application that are required.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)

This is the position that the Māori Land Court took in Tautari v Mahanga41 where Judge Ambler stated; “Clearly many owners feel whanaungatanga to both owners. The Act 42 promotes owners resolving such disputes themselves but, where they are unable to do so, the Court must resolve the dispute.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 19 The Māori Land Court of New Zealand (Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu NAME OF OWNER: (List all possible names that the deceased/owner may have been known by including any aliases) ...........

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-19-Application-search.pdf (194 kb)

  Search fields   For example: if you search Christoper Crbb in the Owner Name field it will bring back results for Christopher Maraku Cribb .

Located in:  The court record Guidance to search the court record in Pātaka Whenua

Land Management Structures Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Māori Reservations, and trusts that are a sole owner of a block. See excluded land types on page 2.

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)

The new Mediation regime establishes a dispute resolution process based on tikanga Māori to assist owners of Māori Land to resolve disagreements and conflict about their land.

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The new Mediation regime establishes a dispute resolution process based on tikanga Māori to assist owners of Māori Land to resolve disagreements and conflict about their land.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Judges-Corner-Article-by-Judge-Aidan-Warren-on-Dispute-Resolution2.pdf (154 kb)

Use of this data should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer Header descriptions: Data Value descriptions: Headers Description Data Field Value Description District Māori Land Court District Abbreviation District AOT Aotea District Block Id Internal Māori Land Court identification number for land block TKT Tākitimu District Block Name Māori Land Court Block Description TTK Taitokerau District Block Alternative Name Alternative Māori Land Court Block Description TRW...

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2021-10-08-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-Ver1.xlsx (2 mb)

Alternatively, to negotiate a new 10-year lease (or such other term as may be agreed) between the owners and the current lessee on the same, or substantially similar terms.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings Landowner notices