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?
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(affected parties include any owners, beneficiaries or occupiers of the land who have an interest that may be affected by this application) YES (Complete the list of affected parties by providing their name and contact details) NO Preferred place of hearing: Signature of Applicant(s): Dated: / / Dated: / / CONTACT DETAILS Contact Address: .................................................................................................................................................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-1-General-application-v2.pdf (113 kb)
1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 31 May 2022 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.
1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 28 February 2022 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.
The surviving spouse or partner does not receive the land interest but is entitled to income from the land and to occupy the family home. Benefits Descendants are involved as owners of the land and exercise their voting rights sooner.
For example, selling land gives the new owner the ownership rights; leasing land gives the lessee a limited right to occupy land in return for payment of rent (and other conditions); mortgaging land gives the mortgagee the right to sell the land if the mortgage is not repaid (refer to section 4 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
For example: selling land gives the new owner the ownership rights, leasing land gives the lessee a limited right to occupy land in return for payment of rent (and other conditions), mortgaging land gives the mortgagee the right to sell the land if the mortgage is not repaid (refer to section 4 of the Act).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
For example: selling land gives the new owner the ownership rights, leasing land gives the lessee a limited right to occupy land in return for payment of rent (and other conditions), mortgaging land gives the mortgagee the right to sell the land if the mortgage is not repaid (refer to section 4 of the Act).
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
For example: selling land gives the new owner the ownership rights, leasing land gives the lessee a limited right to occupy land in return for payment of rent (and other conditions), mortgaging land gives the mortgagee the right to sell the land if the mortgage is not repaid (refer to section 4 of the Act).
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
YES (go to question 7) NO (go to question 9) 7 GIVE THE FULL NAMES OF AND ADDRESS OF THE SPOUSE OR CIVIL UNION PARTNER ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ..............................................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (370 kb)
