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Persons who are not allowed to be trustee: 3.8 The following are persons not entitled to act as trustees: 3.8.1 3.8.2 3.8.3 3.8.4 3.8.5 3.8.6 Persons under 18 years of age; Undischarged bankrupts; Persons subject to a Compulsory Treatment Order under part 2 of the Mental Health Act 1992; Persons convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 6 months and whose sentence has not yet been served; Persons disqualified as a director of a company registered under the Compa...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)

For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICA...

Documents/Panui/January-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-v3.pdf (468 kb)

Examples of poor business practice include: counting and auditing practises that depart from standard requirements. A long-term pattern of poor returns from activities, such as farms that run at a loss.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

Succession is the legal transfer of interests or shares in Māori land from a person who has passed away to the people who are legally entitled to own those interests.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Simple-and-uncontested-succession-applications-web-version.pdf (183 kb)

More information on whānau trusts can be found in ‘Māori Land Trusts’, available from Māori Land Court offices.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

More information on whānau trusts can be found in ‘Māori Land Trusts’, available from Māori Land Court offices.

Uploads/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

Whānau trusts A whānau trust can be set up at the time of succession.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)

With shares held by individuals becoming increasingly fractionated but shares held in whānau trusts being relatively stable, I foresee a time when these whānau trusts will be major shareholders in trusts and incorporations.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

Initial lands vested into the whānau trust came from the uncle who had been appointed as the whānau administrator in 1967.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

DERIVATION Details of the history of a share or interest to confirm the source of that interest – from whom the shareholder received that share.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)