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The Māori Land Court is a part of the Ministry of Justice (The Ministry).
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.
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 whānautrust is required and consents of
the proposed trustees.
However, the trustees must have the power to grant
licences to occupy in their trust order. The trust order may
also limit who may apply and impose any conditions.
[NAME OF MARAE] Marae Charter
1 Name and location
1.1 The name of the marae is [ ] Marae.
1.2 It is located at [ ].
1.3 The land on which the marae sits is a Māori Reservation set aside for the purpose of [STATE PURPOSE
EXPRESSED WHEN THE RESERVATION WAS MADE].
2 Purpose
2.1 This charter is made under the Māori Reservation Regulations 1994 to set out clearly the purpose of the marae
and the role of the marae trustees in managing and running it.
2.2 The function and purp...
In recognition of the principles of the Act that land is taonga
tuku iho, of special significance, and to promote the retention
of the land in the hands of its owners and their whānau and
hapū, the judges usually require that an owner wishing to gift
or sell an interest first consult with their children and whānau.
On this page
Māori Land Update
Block and trust information
Māori Incorporation Register Māori Land Update
Our Māori Land Update is released annually and provides:
the number of customary and freehold titles of Māori land
the number and types of management structures and the size of the land they are responsible for managing.
Trustees
Where the land is vested in trustees and
where the trust order 14 allows, the trustees
may negotiate the terms of an easement
with the interested parties.
