National Panui January 2023
Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.
Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.
A change of ownership of land gives the recipient of that interest ownership and its associated rights.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Only applications and sittings that were confi rmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court offi ce.
Documents/Panui/0703522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-August-20221.pdf (538 kb)
The Act now clarifies that Māori Land Court judges will follow the tikanga of the hapū or iwi associated with the land being succeeded to when deciding whether whāngai can succeed to a land interest.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)
What has changed? Succession is the legal transfer of interests or shares in Māori land from a person who has passed away to the people who are legally entitled to own those interests.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Simple-and-uncontested-succession-applications-web-version.pdf (183 kb)
Legislative changes affecting incorporations Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021 Register of interest and annual declaration Māori incorporations must establish and maintain an interests register for the Māori land held by the incorporation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-incorporations-web-version.pdf (63 kb)
The blocks of land are no longer separate (refer to section 307 of the Act). 4 Aggregation of titles occur when two or more separate blocks of land share a common ownership list.
The blocks of land are no longer separate (refer to section 307 of the Act). 4 Aggregation of titles occur when two or more separate blocks of land share a common ownership list.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
Below is an example only of this section for an application to Amend a name in the court record.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
You can read what has changed in the “Update history” at the start of the bench book.