Kōrero ki tāku Swearing In
20 May 2023 | NewsSo, I suggest to you now, if your vision of an island is similar to mine, we must grasp an oar and get on board this waka we share so that we can row together towards that island.
So, I suggest to you now, if your vision of an island is similar to mine, we must grasp an oar and get on board this waka we share so that we can row together towards that island.
Usually, an application for a trustee’s removal is filed by the trustees or the beneficiaries. In terms of Regulation 3(h), any trustee removed by the Court should not later be reappointed as a trustee for the same reservation (removal by Court is a disciplinary matter).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
If you wish to appear you should contact the Court and file a Notice of Intention to Appear on Form 5 and serve a copy on the applicant.
If the trustees do not convene a special meeting for this purpose within 2 months of receiving the written notice, the aggrieved person may file in court an application under section 238 of the Act asking the court to: (a) review the trustees’ response or failure to respond to the aggrieved person’s notice; (b) give directions to the trustees; and/or (c) put in place an injunction to prevent the trustees from taking any further steps in relation to the subject of the grievance...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
Any person appearing in the Māori Land Court, or in any court in New Zealand, can speak or file written documents in te reo Māori as a right under the Māori Language Act 2016.
Why and how the Rules are changing The Rules set out how the Court operates – including what the Court and Registrar s must do, and what applicants and other parties need to do when filing applications and documents. As part of changes , it was recognised that amendments were needed to update and modernise them, specifically to provide for matters arising from new jurisdic...
• Track progress of your applications. • Pay filing fees. • Submit enquiries. • Receive notifications on your applications and enquiries from the court
How-do-I-user-guides/Become-a-registered-Pataka-Whenua-user-v1-9.pdf (1.1 mb)
Contact Phone Number(s): Home: Work: Mobile: Email Address: NOTE: (1) Where email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service; and (2) As well as filing this notice in the Court, you must also send a copy to the applicant.
The next steps will cover the processing stages and file downloading. Step 3 At the top of the ownership information page, a green confirmation bar will appear confirming the request for the report has been submitted and displays a reference code for the request.
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That written notice must be filed in the Māori Land Court not later than [date] and should include the grounds on which the member supports or opposes the application.