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Finding out if you have entitlement for
succession
If a family member has died and you believe they may have
owned interests in Māori land to which you may be entitled
to succeed, you can find out about those interests by:
• searching the Māori Land Online database.
Use this form to request a confirmed search of interests that may be held in the name of any deceased
person who may have interests in Māori Freehold Land.
Find a document using the Search menu – Exact Match Search
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Step 3
Enter the document name (or part of) into the appropriate box.
This guide briefly overviews two
of the main ways to access this by either:
• using the Search menu to find the block (page 1),
• locating it visually with the Block Map (page 3).
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or
provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on 1st day
of December 2022 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) setting
out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
July 2024 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your
connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
This guide briefly overviews two
of the main ways to access this by either:
• using the Search menu to find the block (page 1),
• locating it visually with the Block Map (page 3).
This
information will assist the Māori Land Court
to determine all land interests:
• all the deceased person’s names
(including maiden name, if applicable)
• the deceased person’s brothers’ and
sisters’ names
• the deceased person’s parents’ names
(including the mother’s maiden name)
• the names of anyone from whom the
deceased person may have obtained
interests
• the names of the lands in which the
deceased perso...
This
information will assist the Māori Land Court
to determine all land interests:
• all the deceased person’s names
(including maiden name, if applicable)
• the deceased person’s brothers’ and
sisters’ names
• the deceased person’s parents’ names
(including the mother’s maiden name)
• the names of anyone from whom the
deceased person may have obtained
interests
• the names of the lands in which the
deceased perso...