20210715 Trustees Role and Duties
Any changes agreed to at the meeting can be formalised by filing an application with the MLC to vary the trust order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Any changes agreed to at the meeting can be formalised by filing an application with the MLC to vary the trust order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Our staff and our customers are having to adapt to the new environment. We have seen a reduction in applications being registered and a slowing down in processing.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
Apply online Download the application form Apply for an investigation into an incorporation Any officer, committee of management member, or employee of an incorporation can be required to appear in court and provide a written or oral report to a judge as part of an investigation.
If the judge finds sufficient evidence to proceed, they may require the trustees to provide a report or to appear in court for questioning.
The Court worked by means of written applications filed in advance by Māori people, for example to have title to their land investigated, to have it partitioned, for relative ownerships to be determined, for equitable owners to be added to the title, and so forth.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has already been determined.
Documents/Panui/0526122-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-July-2022-web1.pdf (493 kb)
An application fee of $68 will need to be paid before your application can be accepted (except for applications where you are seeking to apply for further interests of a person to whom you have already succeeded, which costs $23).
PÄNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 33A A20220006802 81A/67 Mäori Trustee Harata Walker also known as Harata Kirimana - Vesting Interest Held in Kourateuwhi 2E1D2A1 (General Land) in Michael Walker and Harata Vemoa Jointly Applications Not Ready to Proceed The applications listed below were received up to the closing date of this Pänui and are either not yet ready to proceed to Court hearing or do not require a f...
Documents/Panui/0825522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-October-2022-web22.pdf (589 kb)
Succession to Māori land is intimately tied up with identity and whakapapa and thus adoption records may be essential to an application for succession.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
They need to: • hold a meeting, in accordance with Part 9 of the Act, at which they pass a resolution to establish a Māori incorporation or • have 15 percent of the total shareholding consent and • send an application with a copy of the minutes of the meeting to the Māori Land Court.