Grounds for application: I am a party to a contract or arrangement relating to the proposed transfer; or I am the transferor/donor of the land or interest; or I am a trustee for a person entitled to the land or interest 3. Consultation with whānau I have consulted with my immediate whānau about this application; and There are no objections from my whānau 4.
...Wellington January 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of November 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or report under section 46 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Ph (06) 8388388, mail@tarrantcotter.co.nz or huia@tarrantcotter.co.nz 4/14/70 Tairāwhiti 42908 Maraetaha No. 2 Sections 3 & 6 Carnie Nelson, Coates Associates, Cnr Childers Road & Cobden Street, (PO Box 625) Gisborne.
...certificate may not be required. 2 Whakapapa The information provided in question 6 helps the Court staff in their research to prepare the application for a Court hearing — any additional whakapapa could also help the Court in its search. 3 Next of kin Next of kin for the purposes of this succession are children of the deceased.
In terms of Regulation 3(h), any trustee removed by the Court should not later be reappointed as a trustee for the same reservation (removal by Court is a disciplinary matter).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
If an applicant is forming a trust for his or her children, his or her name should be the tupuna name. 3. Section 218 of Te Ture Whēnua Māori Act 1993 contains a list of Māori community purposes to which income from the whānau trust may be applied if provision is made in the trust order.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (110 kb)
Date(s) and place(s) of meetings of owners: [specify] 3. Minutes of the meeting(s) are enclosed? YES NO 4.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (121 kb)
A judge should be mindful of the burden for other judges if the judge recuses him or herself unnecessarily. 3. A judge is not required to recuse him or herself merely because the issues involved in a case are in some indirect way related to the judge’s personal experience or that the judge has previously dealt with the case. 4.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
If you would prefer your application to be heard in court by a Judge, please tick here: Page 3 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 38 2.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (123 kb)
Purposes of the trust (objects) 2 PART B - TRUSTEE DUTIES 3. Trustee duties 4 4. General trustee duties 4 5.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
