REGIONAL CHIEF JUDGE MINUTE BOOK SERIES Applications heard by the Chief Judge in a Māori Land Court District, or, an application which was referred for inquiry and hearing in a District are recorded in regional Chief Judge minute books.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
Use this form to request a confirmed search of interests that may be held in the name of any deceased person who may have interests in Māori Freehold Land.
This application will require the Māori Land Court staff to search the record for you. This process is known as a Part IV search and is provided free of charge • searching on the Māori Land Online (MLOL) database, available through the Māori Land Court website.
This application will require the Māori Land Court staff to search the record for you. This process is known as a Part IV search and is provided free of charge • searching on the Māori Land Online (MLOL) database, available through the Māori Land Court website.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
In broad terms, land that is not Māori land and is not Crown land. 8.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pänui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu.
Documents/Panui/0305124-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-April-2024.pdf (1.7 mb)
If death has been established at a previous hearing a further death certificate may not be required. 2 Names of immediate family members The information provided in question 5 helps the Court to search for land interests—any additional whakapapa could help the Court in its search. 3 Next of kin Where there is no will, next of kin for the purposes of succession are children of the deceased.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (919 kb)
Guides to help search the court record in Pātaka Whenua Rapu mā te poraka whenua Search by land block You can search for information by using the name of the land block.
For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pänui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu.
Documents/Panui/0525724-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-July-2024-web.pdf (880 kb)
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
