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Applying to the Māori Land Court for succession You need to file an application for succession at a Māori Land Court office.

Uploads/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

Generally speaking where next of kin die before the person from whom succession is sought their children are entitled to the share they would have received had they survived the deceased.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (371 kb)

Minute books also recorded succession to interests that were subject to consolidation up until final allocation of new titles was made.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)

Māori Land Court Retention and Disposal Schedule Appraisal Report 19 Value While the Court minutes record proceedings of the Court in granting succession, and succession applications may appear in other records sequences (see below section 6) the ancillary information in the files about individuals provides important contextual information with regard to succession and land ownership, including whakapapa.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

I also filed two section 45 applications in relation to those succession applications which were made in the 1970s.

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Why make this change? Succession to Māori land interests can be complex for whānau and for whāngai, and Māori land is often owned by members of different whānau (with different views on whāngai succession).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)

SILNA succession applications forms are different to other succession application forms.

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(iii) That there are no disputes as to succession or issues to be settled before an order can be made.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (370 kb)

Ngā puka taupānga me te puka Tarahiti Succession and Trust application forms Form 20: Certificate by administrator Rule 10.2(3), Sections 111 or 113 (PDF 263 kb) Form 21: Succession (grant of administration) Rule 10.2(2)(a), Sections 113 and 117 (PDF 370 kb) Form 22: Succession (no grant of administration) Rule 10.2(1),(2), Sections 113 and 118 (PDF 371 kb) Form 23: Application for whānau trust (with succession) Rule 12.3, S...

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If one person dies, the other tenants in common have no automatic rights of succession to the interest that the deceased owner had.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)