Pānui National January 2026
Where a determination or order has already been made by a registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Where a determination or order has already been made by a registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Where a determination or order has already been made by a registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026-Revised.pdf (2.5 mb)
Where a determination or order has already been made by a registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
We also made improvements later in the court process, deploying additional resources to complete and distrib- ute court orders reducing the number of outstanding orders by more than half.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
• In the unlikely event that no one is entitled to succeed, the Court can determine who should succeed and, if necessary, create a trust for the deceased’s interests. These provisions also apply to an occupation order as if it were a beneficial interest in Māori land, provided the person owns a beneficial interest in the land to which the occupation order applies and the Court is satisfied the person should succeed to the occupation order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
Trusts still need to have regard to provisions for trusts in Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
Before 6 February 2021 A beneficiary of a whānau trust is not able to apply for an occupation order to use trust land for housing purposes. From 6 February 2021 The Māori Land Court can grant an occupation order to a beneficiary of a whānau trust.
The MLC operates under the provisions of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (‘the Act’).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
This is an important provision given that there will always be a number of potential conflicts of interest in the Māori world.
This is an important provision given that there will always be a number of potential conflicts of interest in the Māori world.