MLC Form 35 Exchange order
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered) Phone Number(s): Home: Work: Mobile: Email Address: NOTES: 1.
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered) Phone Number(s): Home: Work: Mobile: Email Address: NOTES: 1.
You can include the children of a child of the deceased who has also died
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-succession.pdf (508 kb)
If your whanaunga are on the list but have passed away, you can make an application using the Hāwea-Wānaka succession form.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and can should be filed with the Registrar in the District in which some or all of the land is located; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to select one box, then only s...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (299 kb)
Complete documents together At the hui, it is useful to complete: • Form B1 – consent to be appointed as trustee forms • written consents for vesting interests • draft trust order This ensures everyone understands and agrees with the documents. You can submit your application several ways: Online – Pātaka Whenua Visit Pātaka Whenua through the Māori Land Court website, www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz You can apply as: • a registered user – where you
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
Are they the owners who attended the most recent meeting? What about those who attended last year’s meeting?
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Contact your trust about an occupation license or lease. Before applying to the Māori Land Court for an occupation order, you will need consent from the other owners of the land, and if applicable, from trustees or the management committee of the Māori incorporation over the land.
The Court office can assist applicants as to what the qualifications are to succeed.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (919 kb)
In these cases, the Court would hear all of the claims to a particular block and then decide who the correct owners were. The principal criteria applied by the Court in these cases were based on occupation and descent.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
TARGET The entity(ies) to which an application applies. TENANTS IN COMMON People who own land together but in separate interests (co-owners).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)