This form may be used to apply to the Court to confirm one or more resolutions passed by owners in Māori Freehold Land or General Land owned by Māori who together are members of the same family and who have taken the opportunity to meet together following a family gathering (such as tangi, wedding or reunion).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (158 kb)
The new mediation provisions give the Court and Māori land owners a grand opportunity to define how we will resolve differences for the benefit of whānau, hapū and iwi.
The new mediation provisions give the Court and Māori land owners a grand opportunity to define how we will resolve differences for the benefit of whānau, hapū and iwi.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 28 1:30PM AP-20230000027459 A20200002269 45/93 John Te Kaaho or Rurehe CJ 2020/6 - Te Uru Keiha Ahuru Orupe Tuhua or Rurehe - succession and whānau trust orders made at 99 Whakatane MB 279- 282 on 7 July 2003 - Application to the Chief Judge PĀNUI NO.
Documents/Panui/16.-Te-Whakamaene-Chief-Judge-Specials-19-June-2024.pdf (141 kb)
Currently, the Māori Trustee administers as trustee or agent approximately 1,800 Māori Land Trusts and other Māori entities. This is about one third of all Māori Land Trusts.
Chief Judge Dr Caren Fox and Pae Matua Steve Gunson Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report • Matariki 2024 – Matariki 20254 Connecting to whānau and whenua The Māori Land Court is New Zealand’s oldest and longest-established specialist court, distinguished as the world’s only indigenous land court.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 10:30 AM AP-20240000004644 113/93 118/93 Patrick Rata Francis Quinn Waitai Rata Harrison - Succession SP3 10:30 AM AP-20230000022652 239/93 Te Tumu Paeroa on behalf of the Māori Trustee Taieri A Sec 22 – Appoint Stephen Bryant as advisory trustee SP4 10:30 AM AP-20230000034460 239/93 Matai Te Ūkaipō Whānau Trust Matai Te Ūkaipō Whānau Trust - Replace Joseph Ross Taurima, Alex Taurima and Loanna Rose Smiler (resigned)...
Currently, the Māori Trustee administers as trustee or agent approximately 1,800 Māori Land Trusts and other Māori entities. This is about one third of all Māori Land Trusts.
Use this form to appoint, remove, or replace trustee or change the number of trustees of a Whānau Trust, Kaitiaki Trust, Ahu Whenua Trust, Whenua Tōpū Trust, Pūtea Trust or Māori Reservation.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (299 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP11 10:20 AM AP-20240000013426 239/93 Henare Kuka He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Kuka Whanau Papakainga Trust - Replace Akanihi Kuka with Henare Kuka as trustee of the Kuka Whanau Papakainga Trust To be heard with Pānui 36 - AP-20250000001888 - He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Kuka Whanau Papakainga Trust - Replace Louise Ngatai with Henrietta Keelan-Lawson and Katarina Ngatai as trustees of the Kuka Whanau Pap...
Documents/Panui/3.-Waikato-Maniapoto-21-August-2025.pdf (123 kb)
