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For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
Where there was no will, the
surviving spouse was usually entitled to
receive non-Māori land assets, including
Māori incorporation shares.
21 Person(s) who benefit from a trust or estate.
22 One who makes a will.
23 A person appointed to carry out certain
duties under the last will of a deceased
person.
Where there was no will, the
surviving spouse was usually entitled to
receive non-Māori land assets, including
Māori incorporation shares.
21 Person(s) who benefit from a trust or estate.
22 One who makes a will.
23 A person appointed to carry out certain
duties under the last will of a deceased
person.
Public notice of the agency appointment has been organised:
for the Gisborne Herald on 9, 10, 12, 16, 17 and 19 May 2023
for the Hawke's Bay Today on 10, 12, 15, 17, 19 and 22 May 2023
for the Wairoa Star on 9, 11, 16, 18 May 2023.
If you file an application to the Māori Land Court or the Māori Appellate Court on or after 1 July 2025 , you will notice an increase in the fee you need to pay.
For example:
Our $22 fee will increase to $23
Our $66 fee will increase to $68
Our $220 fee will increase to $228
Our $385 fee will increase to $399
The full list of updated fees is available here.
Where a grant of letters of administration 19
or probate 20 has been issued, the executor 21
may apply directly to the Māori incorporation
to transfer the deceased’s shares to the
successors 22.
For more information about succession,
please refer to Succession, available from
Māori Land Court offices.
Where a grant of letters of administration 19
or probate 20 has been issued, the executor 21
may apply directly to the Māori incorporation
to transfer the deceased’s shares to the
successors 22.
For more information about succession,
please refer to Succession, available from
Māori Land Court offices.
That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court no later than 4.00pm 22 September 2025 .
Any member of the preferred class of alienee who wishes to submit a tender for the purchase of the said land can do so by contacting the vendors solicitor, being:
Paula J Wilson Henderson Reeves 96 Bank Street Whangārei Email: paulawilson@hendersonreeves.co.nz Tel: 09-430-4350
If no notice is filed by the date set out above, the Court may proceed to consider the proposed application for...
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