The applicant should be prepared to establish this at the hearing. 2 The rules require that proper notice must be given of the time, date, and place of the hearing to persons who voted against the formation of a trust or objected to it (see paragraph 10 under Details in support of application).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (256 kb)
Disclosure of any matter which might give rise to objection should be undertaken even if the judge has formed the view that there is no basis for recusal.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
Fee increase summary Current rate New rate $22 $23 $66 $68 $220 $228 $385 $399 Detailed fee list Māori Land Court Current rate (inc GST) New rate (inc GST) Filing an application in respect of the following: (a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other injury to Māori freehold land (b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt, demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land (c) any other de...
Documents/Articles/Detailed-list-of-fee-changes.pdf (287 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20250000008531 19/93 Wayne Bernard Savage Lot 39A Sec. 2B No. 2B No. 2A Parish of Matata - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Matata 39A2B2B2A Ahu Whenua Trust) SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20250000009798 19(ba)(i)/93 20(d)/93 79/93 Savage Farm Trust Lot 39A Sec. 2B No. 2B No. 2A Parish of Matata - Injunction requiring any...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 9 11:30 AM AP-20240000010745 Protected Objects Act 1975 – sections 11 and 12 Stephen John Walker Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found at 20 Levers Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga SP 10 12.00 PM AP-20230000033561 231/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust - Review of Trust SP 11 12.00 PM AP-20230000033563 238/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust - Enforcement of obligations of a Whānau Trust SP...
Documents/Panui/13.-Waikato-Maniapoto-26-February-2026.pdf (126 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 76 10:00 AM AP-20250000008531 19/93 Wayne Bernard Savage Lot 39A Sec. 2B No. 2B No. 2A Parish of Matata - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Matata 39A2B2B2A Ahu Whenua Trust) SP 77 10:00 AM AP-20250000009798 19(ba)(i)/93 20(d)/93 79/93 Savage Farm Trust Lot 39A Sec. 2B No. 2B No. 2A Parish of Matata - Injunction requiring a...
ROHE O TĀKITIMU NATIONAL PĀNUI | TE PĀNUI Ā-MOTU August | Ākuhata 2025 Contents Applications for hearing in August | Ākuhata 2025 2 - 6 Descriptions of Application types by Section 7 – 28 Te Rohe o Aotea 29 – 38 Te Rohe…
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-August-2025-Edition.pdf (2 mb)
Your application will be considered ‘uncontested’ when: • it has been notified according to Māori Land Court Rules; and • it has been published in the Māori Land Court’s National Pānui; and • no one has objected to the application. Simple and uncontested succession applications Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021 Why make this change?
Your application will be considered ‘uncontested’ when: • it has been notified according to the Māori Land Court Rules; and • it has been published in the Māori Land Court’s National Pānui; and • no one has objected to the application. Legislative changes affecting trusts Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021 Updated provisions for removing a trustee The Act now allows for the Māori Land Court to remove a trustee if it is satisfied that they have lost the capacity to perform...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
These principles are: • a trust should be administered in a way that is consistent with its terms and objectives, and • a trust should be administered in a way that avoids unnecessary cost and complexity.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
