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On this page 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.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

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

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

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)

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)

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 (512 kb)

(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 (510 kb)

Historically, most succession applications were heard by a Māori Land Court judge.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Simple-and-uncontested-succession-applications-web-version.pdf (183 kb)

TE MANA TUKU TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 Ko te whakakape I pau te manawa me te kaha ki te whai i te tika me te pono o tēnei puka pānui, i tuhia, i whakatikaina, ā, i pānuitia i runga tonu i te mōhiotanga ko ōna kaituhi me ōna kaiwhakatika, kaipānui hoki…

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-tereo.pdf (1.2 mb)

Succession order To legally transfer the land interests of a deceased person to successors, the MLC issues a succession order⁶.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)

...Tuesday 14 November 2023 Judge M P Armstrong PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 1 10:00 AM AP-20230000020643 A20230002592 113/93, 118/93 Tamihana Hone Niha Weti Rewi Hone Niha also known as Weti Hone Niha - Succession 2 10:00 AM AP-20230000020644 A20230002593 18(1)(a) /93 Tamihana Hone Niha Motatau 2 Section 47B - Determination of ownership of two dwellings 3 10:00 AM AP-20230000029026 19(1)(a) /93 Tamihana Hone Niha Motatau...

Documents/Panui/WHSP-1-3-Motatau-2-Section-47B-Succession-Determination-of-Ownership-and-Injunction.pdf (123 kb)