If there is no
quorum, the meeting may not proceed.
MāoriLand Court
3.21 The trustees must advise the MāoriLand Court of the names of the trustees elected at any general meeting.
3.22 The election of trustees is subject to confirmation by the MāoriLand Court.
4.
MĀORI INCORPORATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māoriland.
Judges acting as mediators
Kaiwhakawā Wilson Isaac
Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu
Judge Wilson Isaac was appointed to the MāoriLand Court in March 1994. He was appointed as Deputy Chief Judge of the MāoriLand Court in 1999 and the Chief Judge of the MāoriLand Court, and Chair of the Waitangi Tribunal in August 2009.
February 2010
Cover photograph by Adrian Heke
The MāoriLand Court (Te Kooti Whenua
Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears
matters relating to Māoriland.
TRANSFERRING MĀORILAND SHARES
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
People entitled to receive Māoriland shares
or interests
Māoriland shares can only be sold or gifted to certain people
who belong to a group defined in the Act as the preferred
classes of alienees.
The introduction of Pātaka Whenua marked
the closing of MLIS (MāoriLand Information
System), the previous MāoriLand Court technol-
ogy system, which has served the court and land-
owners/users since 1999.
I am pleased to confirm that I have approved the release of a new Practice Note covering
lawyers appointed and paid for under the MāoriLand Court’s Special Aid Fund.
I attach the new Practice Note for your records and advise that you may also find a copy on
the new MāoriLand Court website.
MĀORI RESERVATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māoriland.
A mortgage or loan may be acquired by:
the sole owner of a Māoriland block
all the owners of a Māoriland block acting together
the trustees of a Māoriland block who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or
a Māori Incorporation which holds Māoriland.