MLC 2023 Glossary of terms
Each co-owner has an interest in all of the land in the title.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Each co-owner has an interest in all of the land in the title.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
In some cases there are hundreds of owners for one block or title 1. When an owner dies, it is important to transfer his or her interests to whoever is entitled to receive those interests.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
In some cases there are hundreds of owners for one block or title 1. When an owner dies, it is important to transfer his or her interests to whoever is entitled to receive those interests.
Pūtea trusts allow the Court on application by an interested party, to vest the uneconomic interests of one or more owners of Māori land into a single entity.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
When an owner dies, it’s important to transfer their interests to the person or people entitled to receive those interests – the successors².
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
Rapu mā te hanganga whakahaere Search by management structure You can search for a trust or administration body that manages whenua you have an interest in.
Use this form to request a confirmed search of interests that may be held in the name of any deceased person who may have interests in Māori Freehold Land.
It has long been classed as a ‘tenancy in common’, where the interests of the co-owners are a heritable estate which will pass to an individual owner’s heirs by a will or under the general law relating to intestacies.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 21 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz APPLICATION FOR SUCCESSION WHEN GRANT OF ADMINISTRATION HELD Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Sections 113 and 117 Form 21 Rule 10.2(2)(a) WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? If an owner with Māori land interests is deceased, and probate, letters of administration or an election to administer the estate have been granted by High Court, or is to be obtained, you...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (370 kb)
1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 30 November 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.