MLC 2023 Glossary of terms
SUCCESSION The process of transferring the Māori land shares of a deceased person to the persons entitled to receive those shares.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
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MLC Form 25 Confirmation alienation
Use this form to seek Court confirmation of an instrument or agreement of sale or gift of Māori Land; or to confirm a resolution of assembled owners to transfer Māori Land by way of sale or gift.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-25-Confirmation-alienation.pdf (194 kb)
Ngā kupu ture
Legal terms
Two types of Māori land are defined - Māori freehold land and Māori customary land.
MLC 150 years of the Maori Land Court
The Māori Land Court has had a controversial history.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Ahu Whenua Trust Order Template 18082025
This trust order is drafted to allow the trustees to purchase land, but not to sell it. That is because most Māori trusts focus on retaining land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
MLC Form 35 Exchange order
Use this form when exchanging some or all of your interests in Māori Land by sale or gift with some or all of the Māori Land interests of a different owner in a different block of Māori Land.
Tauatanga
Succession
Succession is the legal transfer of land interests or shares from a person who has passed away (the deceased) to their descendants.
Factsheet Simple and uncontested succession applications web version
Succession is the legal transfer of interests or shares in Māori land from a person who has passed away to the people who are legally entitled to own those interests.
Ngā utu tono
Application fees
Ngā tono $68 $68 applications Succession to Māori land Transfer of shares in Māori land Establishment of a trust over Māori land Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māori land Determining the ownership of structures on Māori land Occupation of Māori land Ngā tono $228 $228 applications Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māori land
MLC title improvement english
an amalgamation can include general land 12 and Māori land. if it does, the resulting block will be Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)