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For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICA...

Documents/Panui/January-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-v3.pdf (468 kb)

Ko ētahi o ngā tauira o ngā mahi ka whiriwhiria pea e koe ko te: haere tonu me te tono onāianei i te Kooti Whenua Māori tuku tono atu anō ki te Kooti Whenua Māori rapu tohutohu, te haere tonu rānei me ngā hui takawaenga i waho o te Kooti Whenua Māori tirotiro ara atu anō mēnā kāore koe i te rata ki te putanga o te hui takawaenga.  Mēnā ka tutuki tō hui takawaenga engari kāore te kaiwhakawā i te rata i whakatauhia ngā raruraru e ai ki te ture me ngā tikanga hāngai o...

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Any complexities arise from the inherent nature of Māori land estates and not the succession process. Invariably Māori land estates involve deceased owners who have not been succeeded to for many years; there may be several generations of owners who remain un-succeeded; owners often hold interests in multiple blocks; some interests are held in a trustee capacity; most estates are intestate; where there are wills, there are statutory restrictions on who may receive Māo...

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 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 (370 kb)

If the will includes provisions for Māori land interests and who they should be left to, the administrators of the estate can complete a certificate by administrator.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

This form may be used by the executor(s)/administrator(s) of an estate to certify those persons entitled to the Māori freehold land interests held by the estate, and/or in the case of a deceased Māori, any General Land intrests.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (263 kb)

Frustrations have arisen in the utilisation of the land as the estate’s trustees have been unable to make distributions to the beneficiaries (of whom seven are now deceased) without giving some a greater benefit than others.

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First Name Surname Shares 1 Turakiora (Original Owner 129) 40 2 Tuha (Original Owner 160) 39.3375 3 Winika (Original Owner 167) 40 4 Mere (Original Owner 45) 38.60625 5 Metapere (Original Owner 53) 40 6 Momoko (Original Owner 55) 38.60625 7 Oketopa (Original Owner 58) 38.6125 8 Rangiriri (Original Owner 127) 40 9 Taki (Original Owner 132) 39.75 10 Te Rehu (Original Owner 126) 40 11 Carol Ann Adams 1.86985 12 William Wayne Jr Adams 1.86985 13 Roderick Samuel...

Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 mb)

PROPOSED TRUSTEES TO BE APPOINTED: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Signed by the Applicant (s): Dated: / / Dated: / / NOTE: (i) Consents of all beneficiaries to an estate must be filed. (ii) Consents of all trustees must be filed.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (149 kb)

You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust) succession orders (names of successors to an estate) vesting orders (transfers of shares in Māo...

Located in:  The court record