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E te rangatira, tēnā koe. The Māori Land Court invites you to share your thoughts on the service you have received from us.

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WAIARIKI PĀNUI Contact Details Office Waiariki Māori Land Court Address 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua 3010 Mailing address DX Box JX10529, Rotorua Phone Office 07 921 7402 Email Office mlcwaiariki@justice.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai S...

Documents/Panui/10.-Waiariki-16-December-2025.pdf (124 kb)

It also enables Māori landowners to seek a charging order if they have paid more than their share of water services charges on Māori freehold land held in multiple ownership.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Local-Government-Water-Services-Act-2025-Factsheet-copy.pdf (105 kb)

It also enables Māori landowners to seek a charging order if they have paid more than their share of water services charges on Māori freehold land held in multiple ownership.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Local-Government-Water-Services-Act-2025.pdf (252 kb)

In 2017, an application was made to the Māori Land Court to determine the status of the land, the ownership of the land and the relative interests of the owners.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Aorere-Accretion-determination-of-status-and-ownership-of-land.pdf (890 kb)

Fee: $ 70.00 NOTE: Information provided in all applications forms part of the Court’s permanent record under rule 7.19 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011. Where required, information provided in this application will be included in resulting orders of the Court.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (159 kb)

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.

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Trusts can be 'interest based' or 'land based'. Interest based trusts hold interests (or shares in Māori land blocks, while ‘land based’ trusts may manage a Māori land block or blocks  on behalf of landowners.

Located in:  Māori land

The Māori Land Court is conducting an inquiry to establish the successors to SILNA lands pursuant to Section 29, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 in accordance with an application filled by the Minister of Māori Affairs, currently under application A20180009373.

Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)

(e) If the parties cannot agree on a mediator, then one will be appointed by a Judge of the Māori Land Court in the district where the relevant land is located.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)