An application to the MLC needs to be filed on the relevant application form and accompanied by the application fee, which is detailed on the form. Evidence supporting any allegations must also be filed.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st October 2022, providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/0825522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-October-2022-web22.pdf (589 kb)
...judge], Judge WHEREAS application has been filed by [applicant] seeking an occupation order for an area of [area of occupation] square metres more or less on the land known as [block name] NOW THEREFORE the Court upon reading and hearing all evidence adduced in support thereof and being satisfied on all matters upon which it is required to be so satisfied HEREBY ORDERS pursuant to section 328 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 that [applicant] is entitled to the exclusive use a...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)
Because one or more of your tīpuna were original grantees of one or more of the blocks. We used evidence from previous successions in the Court record to find as many successors as possible, and whānau have since come to succeed and we have updated the list accordingly.
To apply for a lease of more than 52 years (a long-term lease), you’ll need to complete a General Form of Application, and include evidence that at least half of the owners or people who own 50% of the land or 50% of the shares (if the land is vested in an incorporation) have approved the long-term lease.
The decisions of any meeting don’t bind the Court either – the minutes and resolutions are merely evidence of the proceedings and the resolutions reached.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the 1st of March 2023 providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address (if any), and setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/0108423-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-March-2023-FINAL1.pdf (714 kb)
However, progress is evident, par- ticularly in our Information Services space and the completion of a backlog of orders, which has been a significant achievement.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership rights. 2. A person who receives, as of right, a share of a deceased person’s estate. 3.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on 1st day of December 2022 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/1102422-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-December-2022-web4.pdf (729 kb)
