The owner of a beneficial interest in Māori land or anyone entitled to succeed to a deceased owner may apply for an occupation order. The area of occupation sought must not be more than the proportion of shares the applicant owns, or will own upon succession, in the block.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Another important part of the Court’s work was making succession orders. If an owner died, his or her heirs had to apply to be entered in the Court titles in the place of the deceased.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
māorilandcourt.govt.nz 7 Step 10 The online form will now display the Application Summary page where you can check the information you have entered.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
The cost for this application is $68. Apply online Download the application form Manatōpū Māori Māori incorporation A Māori incorporation has a structure like a company and can be set up over any Māori land.
Tono tuihono Apply online Submit your application online in Pātaka Whenua.
Community Law Contact Community Law for free legal advice. Tono tuihono Apply online Apply to the Court online in Pātaka Whenua.
These are: • Form 36 – application to constitute a whānau trust (non-succession) • Form 23 – application to form whānau trust (to be used with an application for succession) Option One – Form 36 Application to constitute a whānau trust (non- succession) Use this form if: • the shareholders are alive • they want their own interests vested into a whānau trust for the benefit of the descendants of a named person or group, such as descendants of a particular tupun...
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
Tono tuihono Apply online Apply to the Court online in Pātaka Whenua.
WHĀNAU TRUST Select the statement that applies. Those entitled to succeed do not wish to form a whānau trust.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (826 kb)
At the same time as applying for succession, you can apply to establish a whānau trust 13.
