MLC 150 years of the Maori Land Court
The Court did not usually sit in major metropolitan centres such as Wellington or Auckland.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
The Court did not usually sit in major metropolitan centres such as Wellington or Auckland.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print) ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www. mäorilandcourt. govt. nz FEBRUARY | HUI-TANGURU 2024 The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being conducted in, and applications received by, the Mäori Land Court.
Documents/Panui/MLC-National-Panui-February-2024-web.pdf (1015 kb)
The mortgage can be approved by a majority of the members of the Incorporation’s committee of management, provided that the majority cannot be less than three members of the committee (s 270(2) of the Act). 11.
And yet in that time we have seen major successes with utilisation and development of Māori land.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
QUORUM Trustees may act by majority (section 227 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Income from Māori freehold land is no longer significant as a regular source of income to Māori families. The vast majority of Māori families receive no income from land at all.
Confirmation 9.1 This charter was brought into effect at an Annual General Meeting of [NAME OF MARAE] Marae held on [DATE} upon a majority vote of the trustees and beneficiaries in attendance.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)
Sometimes people think it would be better to have uneven numbers of trustees so that a vote may be carried by a majority of one. Having even numbers ensures that votes are not carried by a narrow majority, and for the same reason chairs are not given a deciding vote.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
All payments from the Trust’s bank account must be approved by a majority of the Trustees. All withdrawals on the Trust’s bank account must be signed or authorised by two (2) Trustees.
One of the real benefits of this project is that now the majority of Māori land titles are defined as to survey, which will enable a full certificate of title or provisional certificate of title to be obtained.