Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz or phone 09 279 5850 to make an appointment
Legal representation
Generally, you will not need a lawyer to represent you at court hearings. Most people who submitanapplication with us choose to represent themselves.
Te Āhei Atu ki Pātaka Whenua
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I tō pūtirotiro tukutuku, haere ki te paetukutuku a Te Kooti Whenua Māori
www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz ka pāwhiri i te ripa kākāriki kei te wāhanga matau o runga, arā
ko “Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
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Te tuku pakirehua
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Ngā kaiwhakamahi taupua: Hei tīmatanga pāwhiria te “Submitan enquiry” ki te tomokanga
Pātaka Whenua.
Pātaka Whenua gives you the ability to search and access Māori land information, submitan enquiry and file a Court application from anywhere at any time.
We recommend you complete a review every three years, as it provides valuable insight about how the trust is running and can identify areas of improvement. When you submitanapplication, you’ll need to include information about the trust and trustees.
You can submit your application online in Pātaka Whenua. You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
The rise of social media networking and internet use has also created an expectation and an opportunity for notice to a wider audience to become more commonplace.
For detailed steps on using the Search menu to find an ownership, please refer to the Search for
an ownership guide available in the same guidance area as above.
ADDRESSING GRIEVANCES
10.1 If any Trustee or Beneficial Owner is aggrieved by a decision, action or omission of the
Trustees ("Applicant"), that person may first give written notice of the grievance to the
Trustees.
10.2 If the Applicant's grievance is not satisfactorily addressed within a reasonable period of
time, the Applicant may in writing, notify the Trustees of his or her intention to have his or
her grievance referred to a Special Meeting of the Benefic...
This application will determine who is entitled to receive the land interests and the judge/registrar will provide an order transferring the interests to them.
