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For office contact details, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us To download a form from our website, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/application-forms You can also find out more online at www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/disputes When we roll out our new technology system, you will be able to make this application online via the Māori Land Court website.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)

Apply online Download the application form Aggregations Unlike other forms of title improvement, an aggregation doesn't change the title to the land.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

Sitting Date 10 March 2026 18 March 2026 9 June 2026 11 June 2026 7 September 2026 17 September 2026 8 December 2026 10 December 2026 Unless otherwise notified, sittings will be held by Zoom Ngā tono ki te Kaiwhakawā Matua Chief Judge applications to be heard Pānui  Sitting of the Chief Judge 11 June 2026 Sitting of the Chief Judge 9 June 2026 Sitting of the Chief Judge 18 March 2026 Sitting of the Chief Judge 10 March 2026 Sitting of the Chief Judge 16 December 2025...

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You can appeal a Māori Land Court decision about access to the Māori Appellate Court by filing in a notice of appeal form (Form 13) stating the appeal is made under section 171 of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025.

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Phone:   04 914 3000 Email:   mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz Postal address: DX Box: SX11203 Wellington Street address:   Level 7, Fujitsu Tower 141 The Terrace Wellington Ngā puka tono Application forms Find the application form you need. Tono tuihono Apply online Submit your application online in Pātaka Whenua.

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SILNA succession applications forms are different to other succession application forms.

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Prepare for Court hearing AP-20230000027522 A20210013061 21/10/2021 CJ 2021/50 - Pupuke G2C - and vesting orders made on 27 July 2016 at 135 TTK 277-281 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Arkiwhata Flavell 2.

Documents/5-11-reports/2023-11-30-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC.pdf (7.5 mb)

Disclosure of any matter which might give rise to objection should be undertaken even if the judge has formed the view that there is no basis for recusal.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)

The land marked ‘accretion’ shows the newly formed land. The ‘residue’ section is land that has always been part of the Crown Grant, but has been occupied by the Council.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Aorere-Accretion-determination-of-status-and-ownership-of-land.pdf (890 kb)

The main priorities for the Court now are first, to remedy errors in the lists, using s 86 of TTWMA, and second, to update the list of successors based on previous and new evidence, the latter of which requires hearings to be held so evidence can be heard. An application form based on the existing form for successions has been modified for the purposes of SILNA determinations, and individual applications are linked to a central file to ensure consistency.

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