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Ngā tukunga Vest/vested Vest/vested is when a legal change of ownership from one person to another is made.

Located in:  Māori land

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

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)

What has changed? Succession is the legal transfer of interests or shares in Māori land from a person who has passed away to the people who are legally entitled to own those interests.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Simple-and-uncontested-succession-applications-web-version.pdf (183 kb)

These changes make it easier to set up a Māori incorporation, support good practices by incorporations, and provide landowners with greater transparency of decisions made by committee members.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-incorporations-web-version.pdf (63 kb)

This practice note applies to the appointment, engagement and payment of the fees of any lawyer1 per ss 70(3), 98(3) and 98(9)(c) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (Act) out of the Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund (Special Aid Fund). 2.

Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)

As a newly appointed Judge of the Māori Land Court it is highly appropriate that my contribution to the Judges’ Corner relates to one of the new tools added to our kete by the legislative changes that came into effect in February this year.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

The dispute resolution service is free of charge, but you may need to meet the costs of travel to attend mediation and of any independent legal advice (if you choose to seek it).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)

The topography of the peninsula has undergone significant change due to changes in the shoreline, meaning the land title no longer reflected the shape of the land.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Aorere-Accretion-determination-of-status-and-ownership-of-land.pdf (890 kb)

For a period of time, it will only be Judges of the Māori Land Court who can be appointed to act as mediators under Part 3A of the Act.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Judges-Corner-Article-by-Judge-Aidan-Warren-on-Dispute-Resolution2.pdf (154 kb)

If you have forgotten your password, you can reset it yourself by following the instructions covered in this guide. If you didn’t change your username to a customised one, by default it would be the first part of your email (before the @ symbol), e.g. the default username for māorilandowner123@email.com would be māorilandowner123.

How-do-I-user-guides/Forgotten-password-help-v1-5.pdf (1.2 mb)