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Māori Land Court | Judge’s Corner
Judge D J Ambler
Review of Te Ture Whenua Act 1993
Introduction
At the beginning of April this year the Associate Minister of Māori Affairs released the
Review Panel’s report into Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
What can be done, for example, for owners who wish to form governance structures so they can get a lease of their land to utilise it, but have difficulty notifying the owners to inform them of the proposals as required by section 215 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act?
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.
NOTIFYING BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF A GENERAL OR SPECIAL MEETING
12.1 The Trustees must take all reasonable steps to notify the Beneficial Owners that a General
or Special Meeting of Beneficial Owners is to be held ("Notice").
The lease for all the other owners is not altered.
The MLC makes an order, which can be registered with Toitū
Te Whenua – Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).
6.
This form should be used to seek Court confirmation of a resolution passed at a property called meeting of
Assembled Owners under section 173 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR?
Any owner or interested person may use this form to apply to the Court to call or direct the Registrar to call a meeting
of assembled owners for any Māori Freehold land or General Land owned by Māori to consider 1 or more resolutions for
those matters set out in section 172 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (attached as a schedule to this form)
Office use:
Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: ..................................................
Fee: $ 228.00
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This application should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which the land is located
SCHEDULE 1: MATTERS THAT MAY BE DEALT WITH BY ASSEMBLED OWNERS
Section 172, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993:
The assembled owners of any land may consider, and, where appropriate, pass resolutions concerning, any 1 or more of the following matters:
(a...