Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
Where the relevant tikanga does not recognise a relationship that entitles whāngai to succeed, the Māori Land Court may issue a court order giving whāngai a lifetime right to receive income or grants from the land or the right to occupy the family home on the land, or both.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)
Māori Land Court fees are increasing from 1 July 2026.
Please note: This syntax differs from the Legal style guide for referencing a decision of the Māori Land Court or Māori Appellate Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā Direction of the judge After further consultation, I reschedule dates as follows: From Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Wednesday, 19 March 2025 To Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Friday, 21 March 2025 From Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Wednesday, 20 August 2025 To Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Thursday, 21 August 2025 From Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Wednesday, 17 September 2025 To Waitahanui C...
Documents/Panui/328-Waiariki-MB-1_dated-18-December-2024.pdf (99 kb)
He tohutohu a te Kaiwhakawā Direction of the judge After further consultation, I reschedule dates as follows: From Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Wednesday, 19 March 2025 To Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Friday, 21 March 2025 From Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Wednesday, 20 August 2025 To Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Thursday, 21 August 2025 From Waitahanui Community Centre: 10:00am, Wednesday, 17 September 2025 To Waitahanui C...
Documents/Panui/328-Waiariki-MB-1_dated-18-December-2024-v2.pdf (99 kb)
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land. What has changed? 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.
Permission from other owners In most cases, Māori land is owned by more than one person, this is where the term ‘multiply owned’ land comes from.
PĀNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 26 A20230002589 29/93, 113/93 Deputy Registrar Marjorie Hazel Clarabel Greenwood - Succession to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) - South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Block 27 A20220018775 86/93 Deputy Registrar Toitoi (SILNA) Block - Amendment of Court Record at 76 TWP 248-311 regarding the successors of Kataraina (Karo) Ropata 4 28 A20230001588 29/93, 113/93 Deputy...
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
Two sections of the Trustee Act 1956 that were used from time to time by Māori land trusts have been carried over to the new Trusts Act: • Trustees may apply to the Māori Land Court for directions about the trust property or the use of their powers or functions.1 • The Māori Land Court may relieve a trustee from personal liability if they have acted honestly and reasonably and ought to be excused for a breach.2 Do trusts need a new trust order?...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
