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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.

Uploads/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.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/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-succession2.pdf (392 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-succession2.pdf (617 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)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 11:30AM AP-20230000020596 113/93 118/93 Warren Katae Elizabeth Katae also known as Irihapeti Tangihaere Katae or Irihapeti Tangiaere Katae or Elizabeth McConkey or Betty Elizabeth Katae or Peti Kuia or Peti Kuia Katae - Succession TE TAIRĀWHITI PĀNUI

Documents/Panui/SP_Rua-6-June-Elizabeth-Katae-Succession.pdf (113 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)