Contact Phone Number(s): Home: Work: Mobile: Fax: Email Address: NOTE: (1) Where fax or email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service; and (2) As well as filing this notice in the Court, you must also send a copy to the applicant.
If the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners can apply to the MLC to: • try and resolve issues through mediation using the Court’s dispute resolution service • review the terms, operation or other aspects of the trust • add, replace or remove trustees • investigate the trust • enforce the terms of the trust • vary the terms of the trust • terminate the trust. An application to the MLC needs to be filed on the relevant application form and accompanied by the...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
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)
This programme of work is on-going. Present day application records are (once concluded) filed both electronically by application number in the MLIS and physically on a closed application file by the last minute book reference associated with the application, or on the related Trust file (if the application related to a management structure) or by personality or estate file (if the application related to a succession) in the district registry offi...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
This means that wills do not apply, and all legal children are entitled to succeed, equally. The applications are free. Download the application form for Hāwea-Wanaka Download the application form for Toitoi To apply, please email the completed form and any supporting evidence to mlcsilna@justice.govt.nz or bring the completed application into any of the Māori Land Court offices to send to the Christchurch office.
For office contact details, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us To download a form from our website, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/application-forms If you prefer your application be decided in court by a judge, tick that option on the application form.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
If the Māori Land Court is satisfied with the application, it will issue an order of incorporation and appoint the initial committee of management.
If the Māori Land Court is satisfied with the application, it will issue an order of incorporation and appoint the initial committee of management.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
Lawyers that are appointed by the Court’s own motion may: 8.1 Be a lawyer who a Judge considers meets the competency and experience criteria set out below; and 8.2 Be required to submit an estimate of costs, but are not required to submit a Special Aid application form. 5 There is no need to prove that civil legal aid has been applied for and has been refused, but applicants must address why civil legal aid or other funding avenues are not reasonably availa...
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
STANDARD AHU WHENUA TRUST ORDER CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 PART A - NAME AND PURPOSES 1. Trust name, legal status and communications 2 2.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
