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The secretary’s main duties are to: • keep a record of the minutes of all meetings (trustees’ and beneficiaries’ meetings) • endorse the meeting minutes • distribute the meeting minutes • ensure that the MLC has the current trustees’ addresses • keep a current list of trustees’ contact details • receive all correspondence on behalf of the trust • present correspondence for discussion at trust meetings • send all correspondence on...

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

Former land owners become shareholders in the Incorporation rather than owners in the land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

The trustees must keep minutes of all trustee meetings in accordance with the requirements of clause 13.4.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)

Dated: A copy of the minutes of the meeting owners which consented to the replacement / additional trustees are attached.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (123 kb)

FRAGMENTATION/FRAGMENTING Fragmentation occurs when a person’s shares in land are divided amongst other people. GENERAL LAND Land that is not Māori land (either Māori Freehold Land or Māori Customary Land) and which is not Crown Land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)

Date(s) and place(s) of meetings of owners: [specify] 3. Minutes of the meeting(s) are enclosed?

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (121 kb)

The ad should identify the land and state the purpose of the meeting. The completed application, with the meeting’s minutes and the application fee, should be sent to the MLC.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)

The advertisement should identify the land and state the purpose for the meeting. The completed application, with the meeting’s minutes and the application fee, should be sent to the Māori Land Court.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)

In his classic book Māori Land Tenure (1977) Sir Hugh Kawharu wrote that the system of Māori land tenure created by the Native Lands Act of 1865 was an ‘engine of destruction for any tribe’s tenure of land, anywhere’ (p 15).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)

YES NO 3. Is there a Land Transfer / Land Information New Zealand title?

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (194 kb)