If an owner of Māori freehold land with many owners has paid more than their share of water services charges, they can apply to the Māori Land Court for a ‘charging order’ under section 99 to recover the excess amount paid.
This trust will hold the land for the beneficial owners, hapū, iwi, or Whenua Tōpū trust.
You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
Any final terms of trust are subject to confirmation by the Māori Land Court in accordance with sections 214 or 244 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. 5.
Māori trustees and committee of management members are responsible for caring for and managing whenua on behalf of landowners (beneficial owners and beneficiaries).
Charging orders – water services charges In certain situations, Māori landowners may have to pay for water services. If an owner of Māori freehold land in multiple ownership has paid more than their share of water services changes, they can apply to the Māori Land Court for a “charging order” to recover the excess amount paid.
Setting up an incorporation Previously, landowners seeking to form an incorporation need to show that owners with not less than 15 percent of shares in the Māori land consented to the proposal.
(ii) Consents of all trustees must be filed. (iii) Consents must be evidenced by – (a) completion of this form or (b) consent at family meeting evidenced by minutes of that meeting or (c) completion and production of separate forms of consent.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (149 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 11:15 AM AP-20250000005979 215/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Deputy Registrar He whakatū i te Pitama 107 Trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī me te tuku i ngā whenua ki a rātou Constitute the Pitama 107 Trust over Allotment 107 Kaiapoi Native Reserve and to appoint Simone Pitama, Thomas Matenga Williams, Tania Kura Ann Cutelli and Ngaki Georgina Pitama as responsible trustees and vest the land in them SP2 11:1...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP5 1:00 PM AP-20250000009524 19/93 Cindy Tinnelle Manaiua Rameka Pukekowhai 3A3 Section 1 and Pukekowhai 3A3 – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori reservation – respondents: owners of Pukekowhai 3A2 (Shirley Tyson) Judicial Conference.
