Apply for a fee remittal in Pātaka Whenua
Download the fee remittal application form Application fees
Ngā tono me te kore utu
Applications without fees
Application for Dispute Resolution
Application to form a WhānauTrust (when filed together with succession)
An application under the Family Protection Act 1955
An application under the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949
Ngā tono $23
$23 applications
Changing your name in the Māori Land Court r...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
June 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of April 2026, are hereby notified,
pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and
have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
June 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of April 2026, are hereby notified,
pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and
have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
In your application you’ll need to provide:
written consents of the trustees
written consents of the beneficiaries
evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and
a schedule of land to be removedfrom the trust and to who those shares will be transferred
If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māori land
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 7 11:30 AM AP-20240000005065 239/93 Patricia Jane
Maunsell
Hirini Manihera & Pati Manihera
WhanauTrust -Replace Hirini
Pakia Manihera and appoint John
Paul Maunsell and Isaac Nathan
Maunsell as responsible trustees
SP 8 11:30 AM AP-20240000006780 244/93 Patricia Jane
Maunsell
Hirini Manihera & Pati Manihera
WhānauTrust - Variation of trust
order
SP 9 11:30 AM AP-20240000005102 239/93 Te Reo Hau Oue 2B3C...
Former Judge Layne Harvey discusses the appointment of trustees to Māori landtrusts, the ability, experience, knowledge, and acceptability of the nominees.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP3 10:30 AM AP-20250000001570 241/93
242/93
Aroha French He tauwehenga i ētahi pānga
whenua atu i te Lake Taupō
Forest TrustRemoval of landinterests
(Tauranga Taupō 2B 1B) from
Lake Taupō Forest Trust and
payment of funds held in trustfrom Lake Taupō Forest Trust
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP7 11:00 AM
AP-20240000011846 237/93 Lake Taupō
Forest Trust
Lake Taupō Forest Trust and
Tauranga Taupō 2B1B Block -
Seeking Directions from the Court
SP8 11:00 AM
AP-20230000029609 241/93 Jacqueline
Gates
Lake Taupo Forest Trust - Partial
termination of trust in respect of
Hautu 1B1B2B1E1 block
SP9 11:00 AM
AP-20250000001570
241/93
242/93
Aroha French He tauwehenga i ētahi pānga
whenua atu...
S The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,136.458.
LandInterestTrusts
S The total number of WhānauTrusts nationally is 12,247
S The total number of Kaitiaki Trusts nationally is 2,459
Exclusion list
The following land types have been excluded from this update:
S Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, General Land owned by Māori (a total of 450 blocks covering an
a...
