Comment Box While the land and any other property vested in the trust is held and used for the benefit of the beneficial owners, the beneficial owners are not the legal owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
if the need arises, the owners can apply to the Māori Land court to have the land declared a public road.
if the need arises, the owners can apply to the Māori Land court to have the land declared a public road.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
People, who as co-owners, own land together but in separate interests.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Māori custom. 10. The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
It would help if Māori land owners let the Court know their addresses when they move.
On the discretion to appoint trustees, that Court stated that ordinarily the Māori Land Court would give substantial weight to the views of the owners.
