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Time: ............................................................. am / pm A full copy of the application may be obtained from the Court office. You are entitled to appear at the hearing. If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy on the applicant.
Time: ............................................................. am / pm You are entitled to appear at the hearing. If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy on the applicant.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-3-Accompany-application.pdf (107 kb)
Occupation orders can now be granted not only to the landowner or any person entitled to succeed to their interest, but also to beneficiaries of the whānau trust that holds a beneficial interest in the land.
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. Historically, most succession applications were heard by a Māori Land Court judge.
if, after a period of five years, the land has not been used as a dwelling site, the Māori Land court may make an order cancelling the dwelling site, and order that: • the land reverts to being held under the former title as if the order had not been made or • the land be vested in any other person whom it considers to be justly entitled to it. Shareholding a partition is normally based on valuation, not on the land area.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
if, after a period of five years, the land has not been used as a dwelling site, the Māori Land court may make an order cancelling the dwelling site, and order that: • the land reverts to being held under the former title as if the order had not been made or • the land be vested in any other person whom it considers to be justly entitled to it. Shareholding a partition is normally based on valuation, not on the land area.
The owner of a beneficial interest in Māori land or anyone entitled to succeed to a deceased owner may apply for an occupation order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
The Māori Land Court’s role is to identify all successors and their relative beneficial interests by identifying all persons entitled to succeed to the interest of an original beneficiary in SILNA lands: (a) As though the land was Māori freehold land; and (b) As though the deceased person died intestate (applying the principles of s 109 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (TTWMA)).
