This means that wills do not apply, and all legal children are entitled to succeed, equally. The applications are free.
Download the applicationform for Hāwea-Wanaka
Download the applicationform for Toitoi
To apply, please email the completed form and any supporting evidence to mlcsilna@justice.govt.nz or bring the completed application into any of the Māori Land Court offices to send to the Christchurch office.
The land that this application focussed on - the remaining part of the Crown grant
section - was never sold along with the land formed by accretion which adjoins it.
Expression of interest applicationform
Expression of interest information booklet
Applications must be sent to DRSexpressionofinterest@justice.govt.nz by 5:00pm on Thursday, 30 April 2026.
ADDRESSING GRIEVANCES
10.1 If any Trustee or Beneficial Owner is aggrieved by a decision, action or omission of the
Trustees ("Applicant"), that person may first give written notice of the grievance to the
Trustees.
10.2 If the Applicant's grievance is not satisfactorily addressed within a reasonable period of
time, the Applicant may in writing, notify the Trustees of his or her intention to have his or
her grievance referred to a Special Meeting of the Benefic...
The main priorities for the Court now are first, to remedy errors in the lists, using s 86 of TTWMA, and second, to update the list of successors based on previous and new evidence, the latter of which requires hearings to be held so evidence can be heard. An applicationform based on the existing form for successions has been modified for the purposes of SILNA determinations, and individual applications are linked to a central file to ensure consistency.
Disclosure of any matter which might give rise to objection should be undertaken even if
the judge has formed the view that there is no basis for recusal.
Contact Phone Number(s):
Home: Work:
Mobile:
Email Address:
NOTE:
(1) Where email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service; and
(2) As well as filing this notice in the Court, you must also send a copy to the applicant.
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This notice must be lodged in with the Registrar in the District in which the application has been lodged
TAITOKERAU
Level 1
16 Rathbone Street
WHANGĀREI
DX Box AX 10086
WHANGĀREI
PH: (09)...
