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Apply online Download the application form Te tauatanga ki ngā pānga atu anō Succession to further interests If you’ve already submitted your succession application and you discover that there are more Māori land interests to include, you can apply for succession to further interests.

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This programme of work is on-going. Present day application records are (once concluded) filed both electronically by application number in the MLIS and physically on a closed application file by the last minute book reference associated with the application, or on the related Trust file (if the application related to a management structure) or by personality or estate file (if the application related to a succession) in the district regist...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

Māori freehold land is owned in common in unequal shares. This means that each owner owns each piece of the land in that share.

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Please open and complete this application form using Adobe Acrobat. Do not use macrons as they may affect successful completion of the form.

Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-application-form.pdf (2 mb)

Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.

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

Apply for a fee remittal in Pātaka Whenua  Download the fee remittal application form  Application fees Ngā tono me te kore utu Applications without fees Application for Dispute Resolution Application to form a Whānau Trust (when filed together with succession) An application under the Family Protection Act 1955 An application under the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 Ngā tono $23 $23 applic...

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For further assistance please contact the registry office in which the application has been considered. PÄNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 29 A20220017970 113A/93, 118/93 Sandi Te Rangiteauria Williams Reiara Rachel Williams also known as Reihara Rachel Williams - Succession 30 A20220018882 113A/93, 118/93 Shirley Dawn Kingi Noel Tapi Kingi - Succession 31 A20220014747 113A/93, 118/93, 214/93, Patrick Williams Patrick Te Ahu...

Documents/Panui/0323323-Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-May-2023-PROOF.pdf (823 kb)

Where to obtain application forms Collect an application form from a Māori Land Court office or download from www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)

If you do not intend to seek a grant of probate or administration in the estate you should complete the application for succession without administration on Form 22.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (919 kb)

The process for applying for succession has not changed. Apply by completing the appropriate application form.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)