There are two application types you can file under section 214 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and rule 12.3 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 to form a whānau trust.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
The status of the land will continue to be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing the status of the land. 3. A change of ownership of land gives the recipient of that interest the ownership and its associated rights.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP32 10:00 AM AP-20260000009493 310/93 Leo Watson Ohau 3A Sec. 2 Sub. 4A 1A - Exchange of land blocks SP33 10:00 AM AP-20260000009524 310/93 Leo Watson Ohau 3 Subdivisions 15 & 16 No. 1 - Exchange of land blocks SP34 10:00 AM AP-20260000009525 310/93 Leo Watson Ohau 3 Subdivisions 15 and 16 No. 2B - Exchange of land blocks SP35 10:00 AM AP-20260000009521 310/93 Leo Watson Ohau 3A Sec 2 Sub 4A1C2 - Exchange of...
1 Otene – Tauhara Māori Reservation (1977) 58 Taupo MB 168 (58 TPO 168); Trustees of Waipahihi Reserve - Waipahihi Māori Reservation (1978) 59 Taupo MB 184 (59 TPO 184); and Pihema v Ngāti Whatua of Orakei Māori Trust Board – Section 722,790,792,793 and 794 Town of Orakei Blocks IX Rangitoto Survey District (1990) 3 Taitokerau Appellate Court MB 44 (3 APWH 44).
Respondents: Mr Duane Monk. Legislation: Section 19, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Previous evidence: 293 Taitokerau MB 170-171 dated 25 July 2025 290 Taitokerau MB 297 dated 13 June 2025 288 Taitokerau MB 295-296 dated 3 April 2025 306 Taitokerau MB 115-130 dated 4 November 2025 Details of the applicant are as follows: Applicant Address Micheal Philip Greame Yorke 130 Featherston Street, Palmerston North,4410 T Wetere for Deputy Registrar: The above...
Documents/Panui/1.-321-Taitokerau-MB-127-128-dated-17-August-2026.pdf (105 kb)
Toitū te kupu, toitū te mana, toitū te whenua! Mihi 3 Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pīra Māori Pūrongo-Ā-Tau Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023 Rārangi take Mihi 2 Rārangi take 3 Mānawatia a Matariki 4 Whakanuia 7 Ngā Kaiwhakawā o te Kooti 8 Nohoanga Motuhake o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 10 Te Kooti Whenua Māori Kaimahi 13 Te Whenua Māori Programme me Pātaka Whenua 16 A tatou mahi 18 Ngā Pānui Mai i Ngā Tari 21 Ngā Pānui Mai i Ngā Kaiwhakawā 28 Ngā Pānui mō Te Kōti Taiao...
Documents/Articles/Te-Kooti-Whenua-Maori-Purongo-a-tau-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial (tribal) boundaries. 3. A subtribe or kin group that is linked by a common ancestor. 4.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
This service is not available for matters relating to sections 26B, 26C, 26P, 26Q or 30(1) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-4A-Application-for-Mediation.pdf (534 kb)
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP3 10:45 AM AP-20240000005621 215/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Susan Miriama Kipa Aorangi No. 1 4C1B2, Aorangi No 1 Section 4C No 3, Part Aorangi No. 1 Section 4C No.6 and Aorangi No.1 Section 4A No. 2A - Constitute the Drummond-Merritt, Aorangi Ahu Whenua Trust and appoint Erina Anderson, Susan Kipa, Nelson Freeman, Waimarama Freeman, Kylie MacDonald-Uri, Tatum Child, John Lawton,...
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP7 10:00AM AP-20240000006401 19/93 67/93 Letitia Bradnock (Tiamana Te Hunga Ririki Te Kohanga Reo) Part section 98 Town of Waverly and Lot 1 application plan 2514 (formerly section 99 Town of Waverly) (General Land)(Sections 98 & 99 Town of Waverley (Wairoa-Iti Marae)– Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation...
