National Panui January 2023
Where a determination or order has already been made by a Registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Where a determination or order has already been made by a Registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
If an owner with Māori Land interests is deceased, and a succession has not previously been dealt with by the Court or a Registrar, you can use this form to seek a determination from the Court as to those persons entitled to a deceased’s Māori Land interests and an order transferring the interests to those entitled.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (512 kb)
Where a determination or order has already been made by a Registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Documents/Panui/0724622-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-September-20221.pdf (541 kb)
Because of these consequences, tapu is sometimes seen as a form of social control based on the avoidance of risk.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Where a determination or order has already been made by a Registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Documents/Panui/Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-June-20231.pdf (838 kb)
Where a determination or order has already been made by a Registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Where a determination or order has already been made by a registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Documents/Panui/1213222-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-February-2023-web2.pdf (752 kb)
Where a determination or order has already been made by a Registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Documents/Panui/0323323-Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-May-2023-PROOF.pdf (823 kb)
If they have possession of the land they will have, in most cases, an Occupation Order or a leasing arrangement with the owners.
The principal criteria applied by the Court in these cases were based on occupation and descent. Groups were usually required to show that they were descended from a recognised ancestor on the block and to prove continuous occupation down to 1840 (although the Court was not always consistent in this).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)