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If there is no
quorum, the meeting may not proceed.
Māori Land Court
3.21 The trustees must advise the Māori Land Court of the names of the trustees elected at any general meeting.
3.22 The election of trustees is subject to confirmation by the Māori Land Court.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
January 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 12th of November 2025, 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 inq...
Whenua tōpū trusts, again a land management trust, which provide for iwi or hapū based
trusts designed to facilitate the use and administration of the land on behalf of a wider class
of owner, normally a whānau, hapū or iwi grouping.
Apply for a fee waiver in Pātaka Whenua Download the fee waiver 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 reco...
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
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...
