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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/October-2025-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-20250818.pdf (430 kb)

Fee: $ 68.00 MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application must be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which the land is located CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: Consents of trustees or committee of management where the land is administered by a Trust or Incorporation (where applicable) Copy of the minutes of meetings of owners where consent to occupation granted Copy of owner consents Sketch plan(s) as required above Consent of lessee (where applicable) TAITOKERAU...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-40-Occupation-order.pdf (138 kb)

Common term for a trust order is a trust deed, which is the term used in the Trusts Act 2019. 4.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)

Income collected by a Māori land trust or incorporation is subject to income tax laws.

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Records may be separated by type of trust, and in some cases the records of particular types of trusts may be on the personal/personalty files.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

However, any person included in the trust must consent to their interests being included in the trust.

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

Owner(s) of shares of land held within a trust. Beneficiaries are also called the beneficial owners. 10.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)

Is the land vested in a Trust or Body Corporate; or subject to Part II of the Māori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989 (development)?

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (194 kb)

See also Ngawaka v Ngāti Rehua-Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust Board (No 2) [2021] NZHC 291 at [43]–[47] and [58] 45 statutes referencing tikanga include the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (see s 2 definitions of “tikanga Māori” and “mana tamaiti (tamariki)”); Resource Management Act 1991; and Taumata Arowai–the Water Services Regulator Act 2020.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

An obligation binding the trustee(s) to deal with property over which they have control (the trust property) for the benefit of the beneficiaries.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)