Factsheet Simple and uncontested succession applications web version
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land.
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land.
When you get there, click on submit enquiry. Ō mātou tari ā-rohe Our district offices Contact your nearest district office.
The Act also allows for appeals to the Māori Appellate Court in relation to decisions of the Māori Land Court around access to Māori land for water infrastructure.
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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 46 10:10 AM AP-20250000010901 220/93 Daniel Brett Simmons Okataina 6B1 and other blocks – Vesting the interests of Daniel Brett Simmons in Leanne Royal Perham and Maarama Tracy Himiona as trustees of the Andrew Simmons Whānau Trust 47 10:15 AM AP-20250000016153 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Onetere 1A Trust Review of the Onetere 1A Trust 48 10:20 AM AP-20260000000116 231/93 Māori Trustee He ar...
Documents/Panui/July-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (3.2 mb)
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 -53 The Māori Land Court of New Zealand / The Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand (Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu 1.
Paneke If you’d like to speak to us kanohi ki te kanohi but you’re unable to travel to one of our offices, you can attend paneke, which offer Māori Land Court services in smaller centres across the motu.
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – the Māori Land Court is part of Tāhū o te Ture – the Ministry of Justice.
There is, I think, a lesson in that. Māori Land Court Judges The Māori Land Court bench at present is made up of thirteen judges.
Why make this change? Succession to Māori land interests can be complex for whānau and for whāngai, and Māori land is often owned by members of different whānau (with different views on whāngai succession).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)