If your application is determined by a Registrar, you will not need to attend court. If you would prefer your application to be heard in court by a Judge, please indicate here.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (941 kb)
TITLE IMPROVEMENT Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
If you think that you have been adversely affected by this process and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of April 2023 and specify brief details of your concerns.
This will assist the Court in dealing with the hearing and enable it to contact you over the hearing should the need arise.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-3-Accompany-application.pdf (95 kb)
The Court may, on considering such notice, arrange for the application to be set down for formal hearing or rehearing as the case may be.
No or insufficient evidence has been identified for the deceased and the Court will now hear evidence as to the successors for the deceased.
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
If you think that you have been adversely affected by this process and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of December 2022 and specify brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/1102422-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-December-2022-web4.pdf (729 kb)
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
Documents/Panui/0724622-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-September-20221.pdf (541 kb)
māorilandcourt.govt.nz 1 In the Pātaka Whenua portal, you can submit an application to the Māori Land Court regardless of whether you are a registered or guest user.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
Documents/Panui/0703522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-August-20221.pdf (538 kb)
