If you are applying for an exemption from providing a special valuation, you’ll need to complete a form 26 with your vesting order application and pay an additional fee of $23.
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Download the application form (form 30)
Download the application form (form 31) Transferring land to someone who is not a member of the PCA
To transfer your land by gift or sale to a someone who is not a member of the preferred class of alienee (link to definition), you will need t...
Agencies such as the Māori Land Court, the Māori Trustee, Collections, and the Electoral Enrolment Centre all have separate databases with addresses of Māori land owners.
Steven Dodd - Kairēhita Matua
Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiwewehi Steve first began work in the Maori Affairs Department in July 1984 working Māori Trustee and then the Land Development division before becoming an Alienation Officer in 1989.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above blocks about the following hui:
WHENUA: Karikarirau, Huruaute, Te Kaha No 31, Te Koau 1 and Te Koau 2 blocks
TRUST: Te Koau Lands Trust
DATE: 30 May 2026
TIME: 9:30 AM registration 10:00 AM start
VENUE: Te Kaha Beach Hotel
3 Hotel Road
Te Kaha
ZOOM: Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828
Passcode: 024235
Kaupapa:
• Elect new (5) trustees
• Consider proposal for an occupation order
Any questio...
You will also need to provide:
a copy of their death certificate or other evidence of death
an original or certified copy of the will
written confirmation from any spouse or partner who wishes to surrender a lifetime right (if applicable)
consents agreeing to include succession by whāngai (if applicable)
a completed Whānau Trust application, draft trust order, written consent from trustees, and minutes from the hui agreeing to constitute a Whānau Trust (if you ar...
Our Act provides various safeguards to ensure that Māori land may only be transferred by court order following an application to succeed, gift, or sell to the PCA. Ownership interests can only be transferred outside of the PCA if members of the PCA decline to apply for those interests.
Ka tuhia te tono ki roto ki ngā rīkoata o te
kooti mēnā e pā ana ki te whenua, ā, ka
tonoa ki te tangata, ki te rōpū rānei kia
mahia ngā mahi o te tono, pēnei i te kaitiaki
rawa o te Māori, arā Māori trustee, kia
utua ngā moni kei te puritia e ia, ā, me te
kaporeihana Māori mēnā e pā atu ana ki ngā
hea o te kaporeihana.
Ngā mahi a ngā tiaki whenua
Kei te herea ngā tiaki whenua ki te ’ture’ arā
ki te ture Trustee Act 1956.
Ko ā rātou tino mahi, he whakanui ake i
ngā taonga pūtea, me te whakaiti iho i ngā
herenga utu o te tiaki whenua.
