MLC 150 years of the Maori Land Court
In 1894 the Court was given jurisdiction to grant probate and letters of administration with respect to Māori people.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
In 1894 the Court was given jurisdiction to grant probate and letters of administration with respect to Māori people.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
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...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
A copy of any notice placed in a newspaper is enclosed?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (246 kb)
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered) Phone Number(s): Home: Work: Mobile: Fax: Email Address: NOTE: Where fax or email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (322 kb)
When the owners or trustees of a block of land make an application to set aside an urupā reservation over land that has not previously been used for burials, the applicants will need to show that they have called a well-notified meeting of the owners to discuss the proposal with them. A Court will not make a recommendation to set aside an urupā unless it is certain that the owners have had sufficient notice of the proposal and have had a reasonable opportunity to discuss and...
copy of consents from other owners. written preliminary advice from the local authority that a dwelling will be permitted on the proposed site. 10.
Details of all next of kin are to be given even though some may not be beneficiaries under a will.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (512 kb)
Details of all next of kin are to be given even though some may not be beneficiaries under a will.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (510 kb)
Agreement on the name of the trust. Agreement on the beneficiaries of the trust.
The completed summary will be referred to a Judge who may direct further enquiries to be made, or notice of the application to be given to other people who may be interested in, or be affected by, the application.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)