Factsheet for landowners Trustee Act
What are the duties of a trustee? The Act sets out two kinds of trustee duty.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
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Factsheet Legislative changes affecting trusts
Your application will be considered ‘uncontested’ when: • it has been notified according to the Māori Land Court Rules; and • it has been published in the Māori Land Court’s National Pānui; and • no one has objected to the application. Legislative changes affecting trusts Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021 Updated provisions for removing a trustee The Act now allows for the Māori Land Court to remove a trustee if it is satisfied that they have lost the capaci...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
Te arotake, te whakarerekē rānei i tō tarahiti
Review or change a trust
To apply to change the terms of your trust, you’ll need to include: a list of proposed changes evidence of any meetings called to consider the proposed changes, and evidence to show sufficient support for the proposed changes.
Amendments to Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 December 2020
These changes include making it easier for landowners to establish Māori incorporations, and provisions for removing a trustee or a member of a committee of management of an incorporation have been updated.
Maori Land Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 Matariki 2024
Unfortunately, some of these changes have not gone as well as anticipated.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
MLC 150 years of the Maori Land Court
The region which experienced the first really rapid changes as a result of the work of the Native Land Court was Hawke’s Bay.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
MLC 2017 03 03 RDS Report
The class also encompasses all records to do with the use of land and with processes to change Māori land titles since the inception of the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
1002422 Ministry of Justice National Panui November 2022 web22
If you think that you have been adversely affected by this process and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of November 2022 and specify brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/1002422-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-November-2022-web22.pdf (633 kb)
Detailed list of fee changes
Fee increase summary Current rate New rate $22 $23 $66 $68 $220 $228 $385 $399 Detailed fee list Māori Land Court Current rate (inc GST) New rate (inc GST) Filing an application in respect of the following: (a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other injury to Māori freehold land (b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt, demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land (c) any o...
Documents/Articles/Detailed-list-of-fee-changes.pdf (287 kb)
Reflections after nearly 20 years as a Māori Land Court
01 Nov 2013 | NewsSince 1993 there has only been a trickle of Māori freehold land that has changed to European title.