Ngā utu whakawā ki tētahi tangata, ki tētahi kāhui tāngata rānei i whiwhi ai i te Tahua Āwhina Motuhake Costs against a person or class of persons in receipt of Special Aid 25.
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
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.
Te mahi me te kore whai hua ki a koe Act without personal profit You can’t benefit personally from being a trustee.
The Level 2 protocol for the Māori Land Court was released on 13 May 2020 and provided that the judiciary would continue to determine applications on the papers where possible, and hearings by way of by telephone conference, zoom and AVL would be preferred to in-person hearings. 4 Where in-person hearings are scheduled, there will be a series of measures to ensure the safety of participants, and compliance with social distancing hygiene restrictions.
(2) The following matters must be set out in the application: (a) in respect of the order or certificate of confirmation that is the subject of the application,— (i) the date of the order or certificate; and (ii) a description of the land affected; and (iii) the names of the owners affected or, in the case of succession, the name of the deceased: (b) in respect of the mistake or omission sought to be corrected,— (i) a statement of the nature of the mistake or omission, who made it, and how...
Any owner or interested person may use this form to apply to the Court to call or direct the Registrar to call a meeting of assembled owners for any Māori Freehold land or General Land owned by Māori to consider 1 or more resolutions for those matters set out in section 172 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (attached as a schedule to this form) Office use: Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED Dated: ..............................................................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (88 kb)
There will be set-backs. For me personally, there were times in my legal career when I wanted to toss it in.
Conflict of interest generally Judges should recuse themselves wherever they have personal knowledge of disputed facts in proceedings, or wherever they have a personal view concerning a party or witness of disputed fact in the litigation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
In your application you will need to include: detailed evidence to support your appeal any outcomes you are seeking as a result of the appeal contact information for any person who may be affected, including those persons who will be affected if your appeal is successful (the respondents) The filing fee for this application is $399.
