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Our rules and legislation
Read about the rules and legislation the Māori Land Court operates under.
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If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
December 2023 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out
your connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
February 2024, providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address, if any, and setting
out your connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
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Applying for succession
Succession application types
Succession and whāngai
Succession with no living descendants
Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title of land.
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 | Maori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
112/93 Transmitting Interests to Administrator
113/93 Determining persons entitled to succeed
113A/93 Simple and Uncontested
115/93 Determination of Whāngai of a Deceased Owner
117/93 Succession where Grant of Administration
118/93 Succession where No Grant of Administration
118(6)/93 Further la...
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of April
providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection
with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to
make representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
June 2023 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your
connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or
provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address
(if any), and setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners...
