How to apply for succession
Once the court record is updated, your application is complete.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-succession.pdf (508 kb)
Once the court record is updated, your application is complete.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-succession.pdf (508 kb)
All other applications will not be processed until the court reopens on 3 January 2025.
Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2024-25.pdf (341 kb)
All other applications will not be processed until the court reopens on Monday, 5 January 2026.
Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2025-26.pdf (658 kb)
If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy on the applicant.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-3-Accompany-application.pdf (95 kb)
If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy on the applicant.
If you wish to oppose or take part in these proceedings, you must complete a notice of intention to appear (2 forms of notice are attached). You must file your notice of intention to appear in the Court, and also serve it on the applicant at the address for service given in the attached application, within 14 days after the date on which you are served with this notice. 3.
Fees vary across applications. Application fees are set out in the Māori Land Court Fees Regulations 2013.
Applying to the court | Te tuku tono ki te Kooti How easy are the application forms to understand and complete?
Documents/Misc/MLC-User-Survey-2025-Infographic-V5-Te-Reo-Headings.pdf (372 kb)
Fee: $408.00 Note: Information provided in all applications forms part of the Court’s permanent record under rule 7.19 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
Information provided in all applications forms part of the Court’s permanent record under rule 7.19 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.