National Pānui April 2026
The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard. PĀNUI NO. APPLICATION NO.
The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard. PĀNUI NO. APPLICATION NO.
The deceased’s children or next in line to succeed can apply to succeed to the land instead.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
(ii) That persons entitled to succeed are correctly listed in this application.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (510 kb)
Make the outcome of those conversations known when making your application. It is also important to notify every person named as a party in the application and any other person affected by the application.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)
If the successors named in a will are not children or their issue or qualify as next of kin of the testator an applicant needs to satisfy the Court that they qualify to succeed.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (512 kb)
Application forms are available from Māori Land Court offices.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
Application forms are available from Māori Land Court offices.
This information helps us to find the correct records relating to your whānau and whenua so we can make sure the land is being transferred to the right people. An application fee of $68 will need to be paid before your application can be accepted (except for applications where you are seeking to apply for further interests of a person to whom you have already succeeded, which costs $23).
Some Māori land titles have a majority of owners who cannot or will not succeed to their ownership interest despite attempts to encourage them to succeed.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
PAGE 5 of 15 DISMISS AN APPLICATION A judge can dismiss an application at any point.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)