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Application fees Ngā tono me te kore utu Applications without fees Application for Dispute Resolution Application to form a Whānau Trust (when filed together with succession) An application under the Family Protection Act 1955 An application under the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 Ngā tono $23 $23 applications Changing your name in the Māori Land Court record Noting of mortgages, leases, licenses or other land use agreements by a registrar Confirmation of...

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Urupa Reservations Urupā reservations (Māori burial grounds) have a special status in legal terms as well as having family, spiritual, cultural and historical importance.

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But if you can’t attend, you can instruct a solicitor to attend, or arrange for a member of your family to attend in your place. It’s important the person who attends for you can give the Court the evidence it will need.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)

  Other acts and legislation We hear applications relating to Māori freehold land under select Acts, or parts of them, including: Property Law Act 2007 Family Protection Act 1955 Government Roading Powers Act 1989 Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 Local Government Act 1974.

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Records include: o Appointment of trustees o Applications for new trusts, replacement trusts, variations to trusts and supporting information o Vesting orders o Copies of court minutes o Court orders o Trust reports and accounts o Trust correspondence with the Court  Consolidation records: Consolidation was the process whereby scattered interests in small, usually unprofitable blocks of land were brought together into larger shares in a large...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

More information For more information about Māori Land Trusts please write to, phone, fax, email, or visit a Māori Land Court office.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)

One of the interesting sessions was on "Enhancing Public Trust in the Courts". The three presenters Hon Susan Kiefel AC (Chief Justice of Australia), Zhou Qiang (Chief Justice of the People’s Republic of China and President of the Supreme People’s Court) and Assoc.

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1 An index of past and present judicial officers of the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court 1 May 2018 Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947 Judge Date appointed John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864 Matikikuha 25 June 1864 Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864 Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864 George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President) 9 January 1865 (Judge) Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864 P...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2018-05-01-FS-Past-and-present-judges.pdf (356 kb)

An obligation binding the trustee(s) to deal with property over which they have control (the trust property) for the benefit of the beneficiaries.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)

Māori Land Trusts includes a section on whānau and pūtea trusts.

Uploads/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)