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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.

Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court

Pātaka Whenua gives you the ability to search and access Māori land information, submit an enquiry and file a Court application from anywhere at any time.

Located in:  Māori land

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 submit an application, you’ll need to include information about the trust and trustees.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

Different spelling of names: landowners often have more than one name, and not all of those names may have been known when the initial application was submitted. Other succession decisions: a succession applicant might inherit more land interests from another whānau member after the initial application has been decided.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

One means of exploring a candidate’s ability to comply with s 222 is to require nominees to submit resumes with their application and for the Court to then pose questions to candidates for appointment that might include their knowledge of accounts and financial reporting, the trust order and general trust law principles, farming, forestry, tourism, geothermal power, property investment, equities and communications.

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Our team committed many hours of overtime to entering new applications into Pātaka Whenua and progressing applications towards resolution.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

mailto:te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz māorilandcourt.govt.nz Step 3 3.1 Enter your new Password, then click “Submit & Proceed” māorilandcourt.govt.nz 3.2 Check your email for the verification code, then enter the code and click “Verify” 3.3 Now you should be able to login:

Documents/Troubleshooting/Forgot-Password-Guide-v1.pdf (349 kb)

FEE REFUND A court user can submit an application, have a judge or registrar direct to refund their application filing fee.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)

Māori Land Court National service for urgent injunction applications over holiday close down period Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December 2025 How to submit an urgent injunction application over the holiday close down period https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-1-General-application.pdf https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-A1-request-waiver.pdf

Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2025-26.pdf (658 kb)

Te Kooti Whenua Māori is notifying all owners about the application for confirmation of sale. Pursuant to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Sections 147A and 152

Located in:  Hui and court hearings Landowner notices