For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pänui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu.
Documents/Panui/1213222-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-February-2023-web2.pdf (752 kb)
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz Page 4 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 32 SCHEDULE 1: MATTERS THAT MAY BE DEALT WITH BY ASSEMBLED OWNERS Section 172, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993: The assembled owners of any land may consider, and, where appropriate, pass resolutions concerning, any 1 or more of the following matters: (a) a proposal that the owners of the land or any part of it shall, either by themsleves or together with owne...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (182 kb)
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.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
Fee: $ 233.00 NOTE: Information provided in all applications forms part of the Court’s permanent record under rule 7.19 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011. Where required, information provided in this application will be included in resulting orders of the Court.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (158 kb)
The total number of trustees - https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz Page 4 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 38 tick the appropriate checkbox: (if no meeting was held go to the next section) 5. The proposed trustees were elected at a meeting of beneficial owners held at: .........................................................................................................................................................................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (267 kb)
In the past the Housing Corporation, and its replacement Housing New Zealand, have been prepared to finance the building of dwellings on Māori land by taking security over the house, provided that the borrower can obtain a licence to occupy from the owners or trustees, where the land is held in trust, for a term of at least 21 years.
FEE: $228.00 NOTE: Information provided in all applications forms part of the Court’s permanent record under rule 7.19 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011. Where required, information provided in this application will be included in resulting orders of the Court.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-33-Confirmation-of-resolution.pdf (183 kb)
It would be interesting to see the response if our Māori Land Court required the parties’ written submissions in upcoming cases to be uploaded to the Māori land Court website prior to hearings.
Both trust types are land management trusts involving one or more Māori freehold land blocks (and in some cases, general land owned by Māori).
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
