Factsheet Simple and uncontested succession applications web version
Apply by completing the appropriate application form. Forms are available at Māori Land Court offices or on our website.
Apply by completing the appropriate application form. Forms are available at Māori Land Court offices or on our website.
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 39 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz APPLICATION FOR PARTITION OR COMBINED PARTITION Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 289 or 298 Form 39 Rule 13.1 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (322 kb)
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.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
You can calculate whether you have enough shares by dividing the area of the whole block with the total number of shares in the block to work out what area of land each share relates to.
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 36 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz APPLICATION TO CONSTITUTE A WHĀNAU TRUST Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 214 Form 36 Rule 12.3 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as pa...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (285 kb)
Māori freehold land is owned in common in unequal shares. This means that each owner owns each piece of the land in that share.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) This form must be filed at the office of the Court at Christchurch; Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; Where possible, please supply the names and contact details of the successors that listed in this form; Due to the nature of these applications, and in terms of the Court’s inquiry under section 29 of Te Ture W...
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
This certification should be filed with an application for succession (when grant of administration held) on form 21, and replaces Schedule 1 of that form.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (378 kb)
1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 30 November 2022 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.
If you do not intend to seek a grant of probate or administration in the estate you should complete the application for succession without administration on Form 22. HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and may be filed at any office of the Court; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (510 kb)