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Lawyers that are appointed by the Court’s own motion may: 8.1 Be a lawyer who a Judge considers meets the competency and experience criteria set out below; and 8.2 Be required to submit an estimate of costs, but are not required to submit a Special Aid application form. 5 There is no need to prove that civil legal aid has been applied for and has been refused, but applicants must address why civil legal aid or other funding avenues are not reasonably availa...

Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)

Contact Phone Number(s): Home: Work: Mobile: Fax: Email Address: NOTE: (1) Where fax or email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service; and (2) As well as filing this notice in the Court, you must also send a copy to the applicant. MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This notice must be lodged in with the Registrar in the District in which the application has been lodged TAITOKERAU Level 1 16 Rathbone Street WHANGĀREI DX Box AX 10086 WHANGĀREI...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-5-Notice-appear.pdf (169 kb)

Fee: $ 23.00 MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which the land is located Office use: Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED Dated: ..............................................................

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-26-Exemption.pdf (88 kb)

The main priorities for the Court now are first, to remedy errors in the lists, using s 86 of TTWMA, and second, to update the list of successors based on previous and new evidence, the latter of which requires hearings to be held so evidence can be heard. An application form based on the existing form for successions has been modified for the purposes of SILNA determinations, and individual applications are linked to a central file to ensure consistency.

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Disclosure of any matter which might give rise to objection should be undertaken even if the judge has formed the view that there is no basis for recusal.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)

Step 1 Complete the required application form MLC-Form-1-General-application.pdf and if appropriate a request for fee waiver MLC-Document-A1-request-waiver.pdf Step 2 Call the relevant district Duty Registrar regarding your urgent application.

Documents/Misc/Urgent-injunction-holiday-process-2025-26.pdf (658 kb)

Our team committed many hours of overtime to entering new applications into Pātaka Whenua and progressing applications towards resolution.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

s.315-326 Application Checklist For Acceptance All applications MUST:  Have all relevant sections of the form completed  Be dated  Be signed by the applicant(s) and/or Counsel  Have applicant(s) full contact details:  Contact address;  Phone details:  Home:  Mobile:  Email:  Other:  Where applicable have a statement of preferred place of hearing as opposed to District  Where appropriate and applicable,...

Uploads/Application-checklist-315_326-for-easement_roadway.pdf (313 kb)

Upload any documents as required TIP: If your application form is not showing, please visit Submit an application | Māori Land Court which will give you different options for logging an application.

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Our kaimahi can help you fill in application forms and provide general advice about your application and the court processes, but we do not provide legal advice.

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