(e) To buy, lease or exchange; to purchase, take on lease, take in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any real or personal property and rights and privileges which the Trustees may think necessary or convenient in furtherance of the objects of the Trust.
However, it is possible to make application to the Court to have an area excluded from a reservation pursuant to section 338(5), and then to set up an ahu whenua trust in relation to the excluded area with the object of allowing housing development to take place.
Te Mana Tuku: He kōrero ārahi, he kohinga pukapuka ēnei nā Te Kooti Whenua Māori hei āwhina i te iwi Māori – me ētahi atu e ngākaunui ana – ki te whai māramatanga mō ngā take whenua Māori o te wā.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-tereo.pdf (1.2 mb)
Papahoro ana ngā pari tahataha o taku whenua kura Tērā te pōkeao ka riakina. Ko te pou herenga tangata, ko te pou herenga whenua, ko te pou whare kōrero – ka tūwhera Te Kooti!
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Tono tuihono Apply online Apply to the Court online in Pātaka Whenua.
The MLC operates under the provisions of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (‘the Act’). Trustees1 are bound by Te Ture Whenua Māori Act and the Trusts Act 2019.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Court hearings take place at our sites in Whangārei, Hamilton, Rotorua, Gisborne, Hastings, Whanganui, and Christchurch.
NGĀ KAPOREIHANA MĀORI TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 MĀORI INCORPORATIONS TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
NGĀ KAPOREIHANA MĀORI TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 MĀORI INCORPORATIONS TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
Whakapā mai Contact us Contact us through our new online portal, Pātaka Whenua, or by phone, email, or post.
