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 (371 kb)
The use of a resource, therefore, required permission from the associated deity. In this order, all things were seen to come from the gods and the ancestors as recorded in whakapapa.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
The “exceptional initiatives” (as I term them) that do require Court orders are sales, long-term leases, change of status, title reconstruction and improvement, and occupation orders.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
The judge or registrar may issue an order giving the whāngai child the right to occupy a family home on the land, or to receive all or part of any income from the land interest, or both.
• Tono noho whenua (occupation order). Kāore he mana o te Kooti Whenua Māori ki ēnei rawa Kāore he mana o te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te tono mana tuku ki ngā rawa o te tangata mate, pēnei i ngā: • Whenua whānui (engari anō mō ētahi whenua whānau, he kāinga whānau, e hono tahi ana ngā kainoho 12)
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-tereo.pdf (1.2 mb)
A few things we can offer assistance with are: General enquiries Filing of applications Successions Whānau Trust Ahu Whenua Trusts Māori Reservations Māori Incorporations Partitions Occupations Trustee training on request For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
A few things we can offer assistance with are: General enquiries Filing of applications Successions Whānau Trust Ahu Whenua Trusts Māori Reservations Māori Incorporations Partitions Occupations Trustee training on request For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 3 3:45 PM AP-20230000027623 A20170002588 18(1)(a)/93 Davena Penney Motairehe No.1 - Determine ownership of a dwelling SP 4 3:45 PM AP-20230000027627 A20190003823 328/93 Davena Penney, Hope Munro Motairehe No.1 – Occupation
Unlocking finance is an important part of facilitating the occupation, development, and utilisation of whenua Māori for the benefit of owners, their whānau, and their hapū and this practice note is another step on the road to realising this vision.
However, it was in major conflict with the traditional ways of land occupation and guardianship for tangata whenua. In 1993, the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act was introduced with the purpose of preventing the loss of any more Māori land – which currently makes up approximately 6% of all land in Aotearoa New Zealand.
