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CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED Death Certificate or other evidence as to death (see note (i) above) Original or certified copy of the Will Written confirmation to surrender lifetime right (where applicable) Consents to succession by whāngai (where applicable) Minutes of meeting agreeing to constitute a Whānau Trust (where applicable) Completed Whānau Trust form and draft Trust order (where applicable) Notes to assist applicants MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAIL...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (512 kb)

HOWEVER, THE COURT RETAINS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION AS TO THE TERMS OF ANY OCCUPATION ORDER. 3.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)

However, in the Court historic imaged records, Title Orders (“TTO”) usually refer to an order that creates a title (eg Partition, Amalgamation, Freehold Orders).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)

Original orders and recommendations issued by the Court or a Registrar; and D.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

This is in case an appeal is lodged against the judge’s decision. The order will be written up in the Court title records if it affects land, and sent to every person who has to act on it, for example, to the Māori trustee if they’ve been ordered to pay money they’re holding, or a Māori incorporation5 if the order affects shares in that incorporation.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)

Procedure for the Court hearing As the applicant, you need to report to a Court officer at the hearing so that the Court is aware that the applicant is present.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)

The Court will consider the views of the whānau involved in the succession, whether there is a blood connection between the whāngai child and the parent(s) whose who owns the interests, and when the whāngai child came into the care of that parent.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

Where the relevant tikanga does not recognise a relationship that entitles whāngai to succeed, the Māori Land Court may issue a court order giving whāngai a lifetime right to receive income or grants from the land or the right to occupy the family home on the land, or both.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)

A judge can then make a court order to set the land aside as a Māori reservation.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)

The Court cannot make Court orders 5 to set the land aside as a Māori reservation.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)