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If you’re not sure which application form to complete, you can find more information about different types of applications in our Whenua section.

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Trustees who invest trust funds must be prudent when investing and seek expert financial advice. More information To find out more about trusts and trustees' duties, go online to maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/trusts-and- incorporations Or you can visit your local MLC office or attend an offsite clinic.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)

If you’ve been dealing directly with a Māori Land Court staff member, we suggest you get in touch with them first. You can find their contact details on letters or emails you’ve received from them.

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Ngā mātāpono values guide our process, and we hope that all parties embody them as they enter and exit mediation hui together with the goal of finding solutions. Parties can kōrero privately and come up with workable solutions everyone agrees to.

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Phone:   04 914 3000 Email:   mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz Postal address: DX Box: SX11203 Wellington Street address:   Level 7, Fujitsu Tower 141 The Terrace Wellington Ngā puka tono Application forms Find the application form you need. Tono tuihono Apply online Submit your application online in Pātaka Whenua.

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Community Law - Free legal help In your application, you’ll need to provide evidence that the trustees have been acting in a way that breaches their trust order. If the judge finds sufficient evidence to proceed, they may require the trustees to provide a report or to appear in court for questioning.

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  Ngā whakangungu kaitiaki tuihono Upcoming trustee training Find out when the next trustee training is happening in person and online.

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 22 12:05 PM AP-20250000003559 214/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Moewai Maryanne Hyland He whakatū i te Haami/Hyland Trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī me te tuku i ngā pānga whenua ki a rātou Constitute the Haami/Hyland Trust over the interests of Moewai Maryanne Hyland also known as Mary Anne Moewai Hyland and to appoint Bevan Anthony Hyland, Christopher Thomas Hyland and Brendon Francis Hyland as responsible trustees and vest the inter...

Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-October-2025.pdf (2.8 mb)

PĀNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 26 A20230002589 29/93, 113/93 Deputy Registrar Marjorie Hazel Clarabel Greenwood - Succession to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) - South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Block 27 A20220018775 86/93 Deputy Registrar Toitoi (SILNA) Block - Amendment of Court Record at 76 TWP 248-311 regarding the successors of Kataraina (Karo) Ropata 4 28 A20230001588 29/9...

Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)

PÄNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 85 AP-20230000020958 A20230005877 113A/93 118/93 Carolyn Louise Morrow, Claire Heather Janet Lowe Grace Rata Cox also known as Rata Priestley or Rata Priestly or Rata Cox or Grace Rata Corke-Cox - Succession 86 AP-20230000021378 A20230008309 113A/93 118/93 Caroline Tapuone Scott Arthur William Pokere - Succession 87 AP-20230000023042 A20220012943 235A/93 214/93 Gavin Paul Cedric Johnson, Oriwia Merin Raureti Sec...

Documents/Panui/MLC-National-Panui-February-2024-web.pdf (1015 kb)