If there are no engaged owners at all, this provision cannot be satisfied and the Court cannot vest the land in trustees. The land simply languishes.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Those entitled to succeed have conferred and wish to vest the interests of the deceased into a whānau trust.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (826 kb)
Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (159 kb)
...and succession orders made at 120 Otorohanga MB 186-189 on 29/10/2002 - Application to the Chief Judge SP33 2:45 PM AP-20230000027615 44(1)/93 John Stacey Hakaraia, and Debra Hakaraia CJ 2023/24 Tuaropaki E and 4 other blocks and vesting orders made at 72 Taupo MB 66 on 13/09/1999 - Application to the Chief Judge SP34 3:00 PM AP-20230000021561 44(1)/93 Elizabeth Anne Waihirere Barakat Henare Waitere and vesting order made at 8 ALTR MB 258 on 26/08...
Documents/Panui/2.-Chief-Judge-sitting-17-September-2026.pdf (159 kb)
...C (Roadlines) and orders made at 145 Gisborne MB 15 on 30/3/1999 – Application to the Chief Judge SP12 2:20 PM AP-20240000008931 45/93 Linda Anne Hunt CJ2024/67 - Estate of Ani Eri also known as Ani Eria Piripi or Ani Eria and vesting orders made at 199 Rotorua MB 297 on the 03/02/1983– Application to the Chief Judge.
Examples of the Court vesting a block in a ‘tribe by name’ are very difficult to find.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
The deceased's land interests will then be vested in anyone who is entitled to acquire and/or succeed under that arrangement.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-succession.pdf (508 kb)
However, an administrator 3 appointed under a grant of administration 4 has the right to vote once the shares are vested 5 in the administrator. Succession order To legally transfer the land interests of a deceased person to successors, the Māori Land Court issues a succession order 6.
However, an administrator 3 appointed under a grant of administration 4 has the right to vote once the shares are vested 5 in the administrator. Succession order To legally transfer the land interests of a deceased person to successors, the Māori Land Court issues a succession order 6.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
Those entitled to succeed have conferred and wish to vest the interests of the deceased into a whānau trust.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (1.2 mb)
