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)
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)
The enclosed terms of trust are an example of a COMPREHENSIVE trust order which you may use for your whānau trust.
There is a standard application fee for a vesting order. Please ask your local Māori Land Court office about this fee.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 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)
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-v2.pdf (333 kb)
There is a standard application fee for a vesting order. Please ask your local MLC office about this fee.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
What other modes of communication are available that trustees could reasonably expect to include as part of the notification process? 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?
We produce our own draft order; OR YES NO We wish to use the Court’s standard trust order.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (246 kb)
Where a determination or order has already been made by a Registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
