Section 218 of Te Ture Whēnua Māori Act 1993 contains a list of Māori community purposes to which income from the whānau trust may be applied if provision is made in the trust order.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (112 kb)
Interest based trusts Tarati whānau (utu tāpae $68) Whānau trust (filing fee $68) A whānau trust combines the interests of a whānau (family) into a single trust.
Decide on voting threshold for a poll vote (for voting by shareholding) 14.4 This is the standard treatment of whānau trusts that put their shares into ahu whenua trusts.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
These trust orders have provided opportunities for whānau to do their own thing with coordination through the ahu whenua trust in their dealings with each other and with third parties.
Ngā puka taupānga me te puka Tarahiti Succession and Trust application forms External link Form 20: Certificate by administrator Rule 10.2(3), Sections 111 or 113 (PDF 85 kb) External link Form 21: Succession (grant of administration) Rule 10.2(2)(a), Sections 113 and 117 (PDF 865 kb) External link Form 22: Succession (no grant of administration) Rule 10.2(1),(2), Sections 113 and 118 (PDF 617 kb) External link Form 23: Application for wh...
This standard syntax style is used by the Māori Land Court to locate its historical minute books.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
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)
Term Description 1 1.1 Trust Name 1.2 Tipuna Name 1.3 The Beneficiaries of the Trust 2 3.1 The minimum and maximum number of Trustees 3 3.7 and Schedule 1 Default Trustee duties 4 4.1(b) The frequency of general meetings 6 7.1 The frequency of reviews of trust MĀORI LAND COURT STANDARD WHĀNAU TRUST ORDER 1 INTRODUCTION A.
Understanding of the problems encountered by whānau in managing their whenua, for example, issues arising in trusts, incorporations, marae structures and Māori reservations issues.
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-information-booklet.pdf (922 kb)
There is a standard application fee for a vesting order. Please ask your local Māori Land Court office about this fee.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
