In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land. What has changed? 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.
In his classic book Māori Land Tenure (1977) Sir Hugh Kawharu wrote that the system of Māori land tenure created by the Native Lands Act of 1865 was an ‘engine of destruction for any tribe’s tenure of land, anywhere’ (p 15).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Rotorua At Rotorua | Māori Land Court, Hauora House, 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua | Wednesday 6 November 2024 Judge T M Wara Presiding PĀNUI NO.
Documents/Panui/13.-Special-Waiariki-6-November-2024.pdf (142 kb)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Rotorua At Rotorua | Māori Land Court, Hauora House, 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua | Thursday 7 November 2024 Judge T M Wara Presiding PĀNUI NO.
Documents/Panui/13.-Special-Waiariki-7-November-2024.pdf (141 kb)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Rotorua At Rotorua | Māori Land Court, Hauora House, 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua | Thursday 7 November 2024 Judge T M Wara Presiding PĀNUI NO.
Documents/Panui/13-v2.-Special-Waiariki-7-November-2024.pdf (141 kb)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Rotorua At Rotorua | Māori Land Court, Hauora House, 1143 Haupapa Street, Rotorua | Thursday 7 November 2024 Judge T M Wara Presiding PĀNUI NO.
Documents/Panui/13-v3.-Special-Waiariki-7-November-2024.pdf (141 kb)
Waikato-Maniapoto PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga ō ngā tono ā muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Tauranga Courtroom 1.10, Tauranga District Court, McLean House, 26 McLean Street, Tauranga Wednesday 13 December 2023 T M Wara, Judge (Presiding) PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SDec14-1 2.00PM AP-20230000026719, A20220013707 164/93,...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP6 11:15 AM AP-20250000001766 164/93 Ally Williams He whakawhitinga hea o Easta Williams mai i te poraka whenua o Manaia 1B and 2B Section D 2B 2 hei hoko atu ki a Ally Williams - Transferring shares of Easta Williams from Manaia 1B and 2B Section D 2B 2 by way of sale to Ally Williams SP7 11:15 AM AP-20250000001761 164/93 Ally Williams He whakawhitinga hea o Anza Lock mai i te poraka whenua o Manaia 1B and 2B Section D 2B 2 hei hoko atu...
Documents/Panui/18.-Waikato-Maniapoto-24-September-2025.pdf (75 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 11:55AM AP-20240000003482 113/93 118/93 Mary Ngarangione Isaac Ihaka Ngarangione – Succession SP2 11:40AM AP-20240000007528 239/93 Hinewairangi Rameka Rangi and Piwa Pitau Whānau Trust – Replace June Annette Foley (deceased) and appoint Anita Piwa Lolohea, Mahara Louise Foley and Marie Alison Edmonds as responsible trustees SP3 12:00PM AP-20230000020587 113/93 117/93 Kiri Gypsy Collier Sidney McIlroy Collier also known as Sid Collier...
Documents/Panui/24.-Special-Tairawhiti-8-November-2024.pdf (151 kb)
The determination of a Life Tenancy in respect of - all the lands held under the life tenancy the lands described in the Schedule; or Transmission by way of survivorship in the land described in the schedule GROUNDS FOR APPLICATION: The Life Tenant/Joint Tenant died on Date: / /as is evidenced by the copy of the Death Certificate produced.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-24-Transmission-updated-1-9-22.pdf (200 kb)
