Historically, trust applications were heard by a Māori Land Court judge. Now, if your application is assessed to be ‘simple and uncontested’, then it can be decided by a Māori Land Court registrar without a court sitting (unless you request to be heard by a judge in a court sitting).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
If necessary, a judge may make a court order to formalise what has been agreed by the parties.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)
Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Read the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
The court record holds information about current and historic ownership of Māori land, including block and trust information, minutes, and orders.
During the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project, the Court came across a number of instances of this kind.
Pātaka Whenua is the online portal that holds the Māori Land Court electronic record, which includes minutes and orders.
When requesting minutes (or orders generated from those minutes) it is important to use the syntax adopted by the Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
Tākitimu PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Hastings Via Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8564298176 Meeting ID: 856 429 8176 Thursday 28 September 2023 Judge D H Stone PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000032674 220/93, 222/93, 244/93 William Koro Henderso...
Documents/Panui/SP-1-Panui-William-Koro-Henderson.pdf (113 kb)
So, this is a general acknowledgement to everyone that has assisted with preparations in order for this day to come to fruition, those from within my own hapū and iwi, my friends and colleagues, and those that helped from within the Court - especially to Amiria, descendant of the Whanganui River - my acknowledgements and thanks to you all.
To create a trust, you'll need to apply for a trust order. Once an order is granted by the Court, the trust continues until the landowners, beneficiaries, trustees, and the Court agree to end it.
