The Māori Land Court has no role in checking or confirming the terms of any lease. The Māori incorporation is not required to first offer the lease of Māori land to the preferred classes of alienees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
(h) Allow those granted a right to occupy to erect a dwelling on the site designated for occupation. (i) To lease in accordance with the limitations and restrictions imposed by the Act the whole or any part of trust land on whatever terms, covenants and conditions that the trustees think fit and to renew, vary, transfer, assign and accept the surrender of any leases provided that no lease shall provide for payment of compensation for improvements to a lessee or g...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-12-07-Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template.pdf (398 kb)
...land or any defined part of it be alienated to any named person on such terms and conditions as are specified in the proposal (f) a proposal that the land or any defined part of it be vested in a nominated tipuna (g) a proposal that: - (i) the leasee under any lease to which the land is subject be remitted in whole or in part or payment of it be postponed; or (ii) any rent due and payable under the lease be remitted in whole or in part or payment of it be postponed;...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-33-Confirmation-of-resolution.pdf (167 kb)
...land or any defined part of it be alienated to any named person on such terms and conditions as are specified in the proposal (f) a proposal that the land or any defined part of it be vested in a nominated tipuna (g) a proposal that: - (i) the leasee under any lease to which the land is subject be remitted in whole or in part or payment of it be postponed; or (ii) any rent due and payable under the lease be remitted in whole or in part or payment of it be postponed; or...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (149 kb)
...land or any defined part of it be alienated to any named person on such terms and conditions as are specified in the proposal (f) a proposal that the land or any defined part of it be vested in a nominated tipuna (g) a proposal that: - (i) the leasee under any lease to which the land is subject be remitted in whole or in part or payment of it be postponed; or (ii) any rent due and payable under the lease be remitted in whole or in part or payment of it be postponed;...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (172 kb)
The MLC has no role in checking or confirming the terms of any lease. The Māori incorporation doesn’t need to first offer the lease of Māori land to the preferred classes of alienees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
This class of records also includes information related to making changes to land title through the sale of Māori land, transfer of shares in Māori land between owners or to new shareholders, alienation of Māori land by lease or license, including the licensing of timber, flax and mineral rights.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
(i) To lease in accordance with the limitations and restrictions imposed by the Act the whole or any part of Trust Land on whatever, terms, covenants and conditions that the Trustees think fit and to renew, vary, transfer, assign and accept the surrender of any leases thereof PROVIDED THAT no lease shall provide for payment of compensation for improvements to a lessee or grant to the lessee a right to purchase the land AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT no lease sh...
Registrar’s orders also must be sealed. CROSS LEASE A cross lease occurs where several owners of land in one title lease out separate areas, within that title, to each other individually for house sites.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
If they have possession of the land they will have, in most cases, an Occupation Order or a leasing arrangement with the owners. The most pressing problem is in relation to individual shareholdings and participation of shareholders in the management of their land.
