These principles are: • a trust should be administered in a way that is consistent with its terms and objectives, and • a trust should be administered in a way that avoids unnecessary cost and complexity.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
The time and travel costs associated with attending a court sitting are removed when an application can be decided by a registrar.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
Historically, most succession applications were heard by a Māori Land Court judge. Now, if your succession application is assessed to be ‘simple and uncontested’, then it can be decided by a Māori Land Court registrar without a court sitting (unless you request to be heard by a judge in a court sitting).
Inquiry about delayed judgments If you are concerned about a delay in delivering a reserved judgment in the Māori Land Court in a case in which you have an interest (or are the legal representative for someone with an interest), an inquiry should be made to Chief Registrar.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Judgment-Delivery.pdf (128 kb)
Any other documents, plans, materials, or records that – a) A Judge or Registrar considers necessary to preserve the Court’s historical record of title and ownership; or b) A Judge or Registrar considers necessary for the Court to function as a court of record; or c) Are required to be kept of maintained under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993; and F.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
For example, an application for succession will require a death certificate, any grant of administration (probate 2 or letters of administration 3) or the original will, minutes of a whānau meeting if a whānau trust is required and consents of the proposed trustees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
Ka taea e ngā rōpū tikanga kaitiaki pēnei me ngā rōpū kaitiaki tikanga ā whānau, ngā rōpū kaitiaki pūtea 2 me ngā rōpū kaitiaki 3 anō, te mahi ki raro i te marara o te kaporeihana Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-tereo.pdf (949 kb)
The minimum number of trustees for a reservation is two people (unless the trustee is a body corporate 7, such as a Māori trust board or a Māori incorporation).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Te roa o te tūnga kaitiaki Ka mau tonu te kaitiaki i taua tūnga kia whakahau rā anō te kōti, kua ea te wā ki a ia. Ka āhei anō te kaitiaki ki te rihaina i te wā e hiahia ana a ia, ā, mā te Kooti Whenua Māori rānei a ia e whakamutu mēnā ka rangona 1 He whenua ehara nō Māori, ehara nō te Karauna. 2 Ko te Kuini tonu te rangatira whai mana o Aotearoa hei tā te Karauna.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-tereo.pdf (387 kb)
(b) Where a person dies intestate (without a will), a grant of letters of administration is obtained. 5 The administrator/s are responsible for ensuring that these assets are transferred to those entitled to them. 6 A change of ownership of land gives the recipient of that interest the ownership and its associated rights (land may be vested in a trustee, or shares may be vested in another person). 7 In broad terms, land that i...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
