The court gives the trustees control of the property that is vested in the trust so that they can deal with it for the benefit of the beneficial owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
Pūtea trusts allow the Court on application by an interested party, to vest the uneconomic interests of one or more owners of Māori land into a single entity.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
...2024 Chief Judge C L Fox PĀ NUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTIO N: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 1 10:00AM AP-20230000027434 A20140005084 45/93 Ruth Constance Hallett Te Ahuru Whanau Trust CJ 2014/2 - Ruth Constance Hallett Te Ahuru - and a vesting order made at 44 Aotea MB 184 dated 5 December 1994 in respect of Opawa Rangitoto 2G Block - Application to the Chief Judge 2 10:30AM AP-20230000026802 A20140008212 45/93 Hapi Heketa CJ 2014/49 - Pirihira Te Whatu also kn...
If there are no engaged owners at all, this provision cannot be satisfied and the Court cannot vest the land in trustees. The land simply languishes.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Those entitled to succeed have conferred and wish to vest the interests of the deceased into a whānau trust.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (722 kb)
Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (112 kb)
Examples of the Court vesting a block in a ‘tribe by name’ are very difficult to find.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
...C (Roadlines) and orders made at 145 Gisborne MB 15 on 30/3/1999 – Application to the Chief Judge SP12 2:20 PM AP-20240000008931 45/93 Linda Anne Hunt CJ2024/67 - Estate of Ani Eri also known as Ani Eria Piripi or Ani Eria and vesting orders made at 199 Rotorua MB 297 on the 03/02/1983– Application to the Chief Judge.
Documents/Landowner-notices/9-June-2026-Panui-DCJ.pdf (154 kb)
However, an administrator 3 appointed under a grant of administration 4 has the right to vote once the shares are vested 5 in the administrator. Succession order To legally transfer the land interests of a deceased person to successors, the Māori Land Court issues a succession order 6.
Those entitled to succeed have conferred and wish to vest the interests of the deceased into a whānau trust.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (865 kb)
