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TAITOKERAU Level 1 16 Rathbone Street WHANGĀREI DX Box AX10086 WHANGĀREI PH: (09) 983 9940 Fax: (09) 983 9941 mlctaitokerau@justice.govt.nz TAITOKERAU Auckland Information Office Avanti Finance Building 65B Main Highway Ellerslie, AUCKLAND DX Box EX10912 AUCKLAND PH: (09) 279 5850 Fax: (09) 279 5852 mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz WAIKATO-MANIAPOTO Level 2, BNZ Centre 354-358 Victoria St HAMILTON DX Box GX10101 HAMILTON PH: (07) 957 7880 Fax: (07) 957 7881 mlcwaikato@just...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-31-Agreement-to-sell-or-gift.pdf (326 kb)

This is the narrative of a piece of land in Te Tau Ihu – Aorere. It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.

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Any half-siblings are entitled to share only in interests that the deceased obtained from their common parent

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)

Any half brothers and sisters are entitled to share only in interests that the deceased obtained from their common parent

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

Any half brothers and sisters are entitled to share only in interests that the deceased obtained from their common parent

Uploads/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

Māori freehold land is owned in common in unequal shares. This means that each owner owns each piece of the land in that share.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

Ngā Karere News 1 September 2025 | News He uiuinga whānui mā ngā kaiwhakamahi o Pātaka Whenua 2025 Pātaka Whenua (our online portal) – Court User Survey We want to hear about your experience using Pātaka Whenua and your views on how it's working for you. 28 August 2025 | News Ngā ara ture hou mā ngā kaipupuri whenua Māori i raro i te ture hou New legal pathways for Māori landowners under the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 New legislation allows Māori landowners to...

SUCCESSION The process of transferring the Māori land shares of a deceased person to the persons entitled to receive those shares.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)

Changes to the Act clarify how succession involving whāngai will be dealt with in a consistent tikanga-based way.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)

To celebrate this significant occasion a special evening event was organised where women judges of the Māori Land Court and the District Court talked to Māori women practitioners about their career paths and how they became judges. The practitioners were given a chance to mingle with the judges, to ask questions of them and, just as importantly, to form connections with other women lawyers.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles