Whenua tōpū trusts, again a land management trust, which provide for iwi or hapū based trusts designed to facilitate the use and administration of the land on behalf of a wider class of owner, normally a whānau, hapū or iwi grouping.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
The Court derives from the Native Lands Acts of 1862 and 1865, which were a complete reversal of earlier policies.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington April 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of February 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have...
Documents/Panui/April-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (427 kb)
All payments from the Trust’s bank account must be approved by a majority of the Trustees.
How prescriptive do trust orders need to be to impose minimum standards of notice for the calling of a trust’s meetings for the purpose of holding an election?
Purpose and object (say, of Trust) Te aronga me te pūnga put in writing tuku ā-pepa Qq Rr Quorum Kōrama rates tāke kaunihera recommendation recommending tūtohutanga e tūtohutia ana Reconsideration Huritao tuarua record of inquiry pūranga tuhinga mō te ruku tātari redress puretumu reduce (as in Trustee) whakahekea te nama re-examination uiui turuki / uiui tāpiripiri reference tohutoro registrar rēhita relevant whai take relief whakaora...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Kuputaka-Reo-Maori-Comms.pdf (23 mb)
Greg Shaw | just wanted to say n the application filed | ve mentioned the intention was to begin inspections next week and your Honour we ve been working very hard to do that However the number of inspections has grown substantially with the inclusion of the unadministered land which 1s approximately 680 blocks In fact its over doubled the amount of inspection work and as a consequence its slightly complicated the organisation of the work | can advise your Hono...
Documents/Landowner-notices/04145271_05549463_0060_0080_MIN.pdf (2.4 mb)
A further complication is that section 338(12) provides that the trustees of a Māori reservation may, with the consent of the Court, grant a lease or occupation licence of a reservation for a term not exceeding 14 years (including any term or terms of renewal).
Use this form to indicate that you consent to be appointed as a trustee for any trust involving the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-B1-Consent-trustee.pdf (265 kb)
Is there a difficulty with that duty of trust? Should members of the incorporation’s committee of management expressly assume that duty of trust?
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
