This application will require the Māori Land Court staff to search the record for you. This process is known as a Part IV search and is provided free of charge • searching on the Māori Land Online (MLOL) database, available through the Māori Land Court website.
This application will require the Māori Land Court staff to search the record for you. This process is known as a Part IV search and is provided free of charge • searching on the Māori Land Online (MLOL) database, available through the Māori Land Court website.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
UNDIVIDED INTEREST Māori land is often collectively owned.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Use this form to request a confirmed search of interests that may be held in the name of any deceased person who may have interests in Māori Freehold Land.
Guides to help search the court record in Pātaka Whenua Rapu mā te poraka whenua Search by land block You can search for information by using the name of the land block.
Finding out if you have entitlement for succession If a family member has died and you believe they may have owned interests in Māori land to which you may be entitled to succeed, you can find out about those interests by: • searching the Māori Land Online database.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
Pūtea trusts allow the Court on application by an interested party, to vest the uneconomic interests of one or more owners of Māori land into a single entity.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
If an owner with Māori Land interests is deceased, and a succession has not previously been dealt with by the Court or a Registrar, you can use this form to seek a determination from the Court as to those persons entitled to a deceased’s Māori Land interests and an order transferring the interests to those entitled.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (216 kb)
If an owner with Māori land interests is deceased, and probate, letters of administration or an election to administer the estate have been granted by High Court, or is to be obtained, you can use this form to seek a determination from the Court as to those persons entitled to a deceased’s Māori Land interests and an order transferring the interests to those entitled.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (233 kb)
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