If you want to sell or gift your shares, and those shares form part of Māori land vested in a Māori incorporation, you must file a transfer application with the secretary of the Māori incorporation.
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If you want to sell or gift your shares, and those shares form part of Māori land vested in a Māori incorporation, you must file a transfer application with the secretary of the Māori incorporation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
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The benefits of an incorporation include: the ability to establish and run commercial operations for maximum financial benefit to the shareholders the application of a corporate model to the management of Māori land autonomy from the normal Māori Land Court practices that apply to trusts, and voting and resolutions by shareholders are based on the number of shares held, rather than the number of votes received.
Go online to maorilandonline.govt.nz Where to get an application form You can get an application form from your nearest MLC office.
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Apply online Download the application form Community Law Contact Community Law for free legal advice.
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.
In it, we asked about your overall experience, how easy it is to apply using paper application forms or through Pātaka Whenua, the court hearing process and the court minutes and orders.
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Where to obtain application forms Collect an application form from a Māori Land Court office or download from www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
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.
