The Māori Land Court deals with applications for new trusts, replacement trustees, variations to trusts, reviews of trusts and formal complaints.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
The Māori Land Court deals with applications for new trusts, replacement trustees, variations to trusts, reviews of trusts and formal complaints.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
Trustees of pūtea trusts don’t have the power to vote.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
Appointment and replacement of Trustees 3.2 Only the Court can appoint or replace Trustees. 3.3 If a new Trustee is to be appointed (including as a replacement for an existing Trustee), the Trustees must: (a) call a meeting of the Beneficiaries to discuss the appointment of a new Trustee; (b) conduct a vote at that meeting to determine whether the new Trustee should be appointed; and (c) in order to complete an...
Fee increase summary Current rate New rate $22 $23 $66 $68 $220 $228 $385 $399 Detailed fee list Māori Land Court Current rate (inc GST) New rate (inc GST) Filing an application in respect of the following: (a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other injury to Māori freehold land (b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt, demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land (c...
Documents/Articles/Detailed-list-of-fee-changes.pdf (287 kb)
YES NO If so, consents to the partition from the trustees; or the Chief Executive of Te Puni Kōkiri must be attached. 8.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (194 kb)
The MLC deals with applications for new trusts, replacement trustees, variations to trusts, reviews of trusts and formal complaints, and receives trust reports and financial accounts.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
Duties of a trustee The Trusts Act is the first significant overhaul of trust legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand in 70 years.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Apply online Download the application form Subdivision A private subdivision of whenua may be made, without lodging an application with the Māori Land Court, if: all the legal owners agree to the subdivision (where there is no trust) all the trustees agree to the subdivision (where the land is vested in trustees) the management committee of a Māori incorporation agrees (where the land is vested in a Māori incorporation) the new titles, issued by Land Information...
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)
