Guest User Guide v5
https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/en/our-application-process/come-in-apply-to-the-court/submit-an-application/
https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/en/our-application-process/come-in-apply-to-the-court/submit-an-application/
Where required, information provided in this application will be included in resulting orders of the Court.
I also filed two section 45 applications in relation to those succession applications which were made in the 1970s.
We have a checkbox on our applications that you can select to let us know. All types of succession applications can be simple and uncontested, provided they meet the above requirements.
Ka taea te tāpiri kaitono maha mēnā e hiahiatia ana mā te pāwhiri i te pātene “Add applicant”. Mēnā he maha ngā kaitono, me tohu ki te pouaka taki e tika ana ko wai te Primary applicant.
How-do-I-user-guides/Te-reo-Maori/Submitting-an-application-v1-6-Maori-web.pdf (3.8 mb)
In the interim, the judiciary will continue to have the discretion to set applications down for special hearings to progress the many applications that are waiting for resolution.
You can apply if you are: • the owner of the Māori land shares to be transferred • the person who will receive the Māori land shares • a trustee for either of the people mentioned above. The applicant, or counsel for the applicant, must sign the application for the vesting order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
Only applications for urgent injunctions will be processed.
Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2024-25.pdf (341 kb)
You may see applications referred to as: CJ YYYY/NN Where: • CJ = prefix to indicate the application is one made to the Chief Judge • YYYY = year in which the application was received (starts from 1965-) • NN = A sequential number which is incremented as a new application is received.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
In many ways, the application encapsulates the nineteenth century history of the Te Tau Ihu region.