The legislation which enables us to perform our role is Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The Act recognises the importance of whenua Māori as taonga-tuku-iho - of special significance to Māori passed down through generations.
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-information-booklet.pdf (922 kb)
Knowledge of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Describe your understanding of the purpose and principles of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and the role of Te Kooti Whenua Māori under that Act.
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-application-form.pdf (2 mb)
tick as appropriate The land is not subject to any Trust The alienation is not in breach of any Trust to which the land is subject The alienee is a member of the preferred class of alienee being: Child(ren) or remoter issue of the alienor; or Whanaunga who are associated in accordance with tikanga Māori with the land; or Another owner in the land who is a member of the hapū associated with the land; or A trustee of any of the above three classes of person.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-25-Confirmation-alienation.pdf (110 kb)
Persons who are not allowed to be trustee: 3.8 The following are persons not entitled to act as trustees: 3.8.1 3.8.2 3.8.3 3.8.4 3.8.5 3.8.6 Persons under 18 years of age; Undischarged bankrupts; Persons subject to a Compulsory Treatment Order under part 2 of the Mental Health Act 1992; Persons convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 6 months and whose sentence has not yet been served; Persons disqualified as a director of a company registered u...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)
Interest based trusts Tarati whānau (utu tāpae $68) Whānau trust (filing fee $68) A whānau trust combines the interests of a whānau (family) into a single trust.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 9 11:30 AM AP-20240000010745 Protected Objects Act 1975 – sections 11 and 12 Stephen John Walker Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found at 20 Levers Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga SP 10 12.00 PM AP-20230000033561 231/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust - Review of Trust SP 11 12.00 PM AP-20230000033563 238/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust - Enforcement of obligations of...
Documents/Panui/13.-Waikato-Maniapoto-26-February-2026.pdf (126 kb)
External link Factsheet (PDF 357 kb) Resource Management Act 1991 Read the Resource Management Act 1991.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington December 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of October 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
Is this partition intended to be a hapū partition in terms of sections 301 to 304 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act? Yes No 6. Is the land vested in a trust or body corporate, or subject to Part 2 of the Māori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989 (Māori land development)?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (789 kb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington November 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 10th of September 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry...
