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An application to the Māori Land Court needs to be filed
on the relevant application form and accompanied by the
application fee, which is shown on the form.
An application to the Māori Land Court needs to be filed
on the relevant application form and accompanied by the
application fee, which is shown on the form.
Māori Land Court
National service for urgent
injunction applications over
holiday close down period
Friday 27, Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 December 2024
Note
How to submit an urgent injunction application
over the holiday close down period
https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-1-General-application.pdf
https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-A1-request-waiver.pdf
mailto:te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz
If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy on the
applicant. This will assist the Court in dealing with the hearing and enable it to contact you over the hearing should the need
arise.
Apply online Download the application form (form 30) Download the application form (form 31) Transferring land to someone who is not a member of the PCA
To transfer your land by gift or sale to a someone who is not a member of the preferred class of alienee (link to definition), you will need to apply for a confirmation of alienee.
If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy
on the applicant. This will assist the Court in dealing with the hearing and enable it to contact you over the hearing
should the need arise.
Nominations:
▪ Must be received on the official Māori
Land Court nomination form
▪ Forms can be obtained by either
contacting the Māori Land Court or by
way of the link, details for both are below
▪ Must be received by the Māori Land
Court on or before 4pm Friday, 21 July
2023
▪ Nominations must clearly identify the
block to which the person is being
nominated to.
If you wish to oppose or take part in these proceedings, you must complete a notice of intention to appear
(2 forms of notice are attached). You must file your notice of intention to appear in the Court, and also
serve it on the applicant at the address for service given in the attached application, within 14 days after
the date on which you are served with this notice.
3.
Lawyers that are appointed by the Court’s own motion may:
8.1 Be a lawyer who a Judge considers meets the competency and experience criteria
set out below; and
8.2 Be required to submit an estimate of costs, but are not required to submit a Special
Aid application form.
5 There is no need to prove that civil legal aid has been applied for and has been refused, but applicants
must address why civil legal aid or other funding avenues are not reasonably available or appropr...