Submitting an application v1 6
TIP: Registered users who have saved an application to continue later, can open it from the Unsubmitted tab on this page.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
TIP: Registered users who have saved an application to continue later, can open it from the Unsubmitted tab on this page.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
Former Judge Andrew Spencer discusses residential utilisation of multiply owned Māori land.
Māori Land Court A GUIDE TO OUR MINUTE BOOK ABBREVIATIONS MLC-FS1- Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
Ngā utu tono Application fees Find out what fees you'll need to pay for your application.
Māori freehold land is owned in common in unequal shares. This means that each owner owns each piece of the land in that share.
FEE: $ 233.00 CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: List of owners, trustees and their addresses Statement setting out how the alienee is a member of one of the preferred classes of alienees (if applicable), including any necessary whakapapa details Roll valuation or special valuation of the land and any improvements to it by a registered valuer (as applicable) MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS Applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the Māori Land...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (182 kb)
Until such an application is made there is no guarantee as to how the Court would view the matter and the success of any such application would depend on its own facts.
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.
Whakapapa of any person who is receiving shares in Māori land. Explanatory Notes Where undivided interests or shares in Māori land are to be exchanged the Court has no power to make an order unless the person receiving the shares in a block is either - (i) a child or remoter issue of the owner in that block of the shares to be exchanged, or (ii) a descendant of any former owner who is or was a member of the hapū associated with the land, or (iii) an owner...
For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pänui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu.
Documents/Panui/1002422-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-November-2022-web22.pdf (633 kb)