Amendments to Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 December 2020
Before 6 February 2021 Succession applications are decided by Māori Land Court judges.
Before 6 February 2021 Succession applications are decided by Māori Land Court judges.
If you’re not sure which application form to complete, you can find more information about different types of applications in our Whenua section.
This programme of work is on-going. Present day application records are (once concluded) filed both electronically by application number in the MLIS and physically on a closed application file by the last minute book reference associated with the application, or on the related Trust file (if the application related to a management structure) or by personality or estate file (if the application related to a succession) in the district regist...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
SILNA succession applications forms are different to other succession application forms.
If you do not intend to seek a grant of probate or administration in the estate you should complete the application for succession without administration on Form 22.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (510 kb)
Generally speaking, where next of kin die before the person from whom succession is sought, the children of the next of kin are entitled to the share they would have received had they survived the deceased. 4 Notice of hearing While an applicant is not required to give formal notice of hearing to other beneficiaries, he or she is expected to consult with them and advise them of the application and when it is to be heard.
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
Generally speaking, where next of kin die before the person from whom succession is sought, the children of the next of kin are entitled to the share they would have received had they survived the deceased. 4 Notice of hearing While an applicant is not required to give formal notice of hearing to other beneficiaries, he or she is expected to consult with them and advise them of the application and when it is to be heard.
application dismissed if the application is not successful, the court will dismiss the application. 16 A provisional title will be issued.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
application dismissed if the application is not successful, the court will dismiss the application. 16 A provisional title will be issued.
Usually successions were fairly routine, but matters could get complicated in the case of adoptions, which often created intricate legal and factual problems.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)