Your application will be considered ‘uncontested’ when: • it has been notified according to the Māori Land Court Rules; and • it has been published in the Māori Land Court’s National Pānui; and • no one has objected to the application.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
This new Act sets out the core principles and default rules for trusts, including trusts created under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
Page 1 MLC 07/24 - 20 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz CERTIFICATE BY ADMINISTRATOR Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Sections 111 or 113 Form 20 Rule 10.2(3) WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? This form may be used by the executor(s)/administrator(s) of an estate to certify those persons entitled to the Māori freehold land interests held by the estate, and/or in the case of a deceased Māori, any General Land intrests.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (263 kb)
(state any other terms or conditions of the agreement such as payment date or arrangements etc) For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz AGREEMENT TO SELL OR GIFT AN INTEREST IN MĀORI FREEHOLD LAND Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 164 Form 31 Rule 11.13(2) For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Page 2 MLC 07/24 - 31 DETAILS OF MĀORI FREEHOLD LAND Block Shares Held Shares to be Vested I, the above named transferee, confirm and agree to the ab...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-31-Agreement-to-sell-or-gift.pdf (241 kb)
The Right Honourable Dame Helen Winkelmann, Chief Justice of New Zealand, assured the public that courts were an essential service, and that New Zealand courts would continue to uphold the rule of law and to ensure that fair trial rights, the right to natural justice and rights under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act were upheld. 1 Priority was given to proceedings that affected the liberty of the individual or their personal safety and wellbeing, or that resolution was time-critical wh...
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and may be filed at any office of the Court; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to select one box, then only select the box that applies; (iv) If there is insufficient room on the form to provide all...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-24-Transmission-updated-1-9-22.pdf (200 kb)
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25- 33 CONFIRMATION OF RESOLUTION OF ASSEMBLED OWNERS Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Sections 151 and 175 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Form 33 Rule 11.20 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? This form should be used to seek Court confirmation of a resolution passed at a property called meeting of Assembled Owners under section 173 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-33-Confirmation-of-resolution.pdf (94 kb)
(The legal representative must complete questions 10 and 11) For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz APPLICATION SEEKING MĀORI LAND COURT SPECIAL AID Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 98(3) or 98(9) Form 53 Rule 16.1(3) Page 2 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 -53 5.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington June 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 9th of April 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 inq...
Documents/Panui/June-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (481 kb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington July 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 14th of May 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 inqu...
Documents/Panui/July-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (428 kb)
