20210715 Trustees Role and Duties
Duties of a trustee The Trusts Act is the first significant overhaul of trust legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand in 70 years.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Duties of a trustee The Trusts Act is the first significant overhaul of trust legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand in 70 years.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
The changes to the existing Practice Note were made following a review undertaken by Judge Warren, with helpful input from lawyers who regularly appear in our Court. We trust that the new Practice Note provides greater clarity about the process and the criteria Judges will follow when making decisions about appointments and the rates that may apply.
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
Is the land vested in a trust or body corporate, or subject to Part 2 of the Māori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989 (Māori land development)?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (811 kb)
We have nine offices across Aotearoa New Zealand, which are open between 10am and 4pm on normal weekdays.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
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 (362 kb)
This is an acknowledgement to all the hapū, iwi and Māori landowners in Aotearoa and your efforts to care for our whenua for the generations to come, e mihi ana.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
Poutūterangi 2010 Nā Adrian Heke te whakaahua Ko te Kooti Whenua Māori te kooti o Aotearoa e rongohia ai ngā take katoa e pā ana ki ngā whenua Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-tereo.pdf (326 kb)
Those entitled to succeed have conferred and wish to vest the interests of the deceased into a whānau trust. If those entitled to succeed do wish to vest the deceased’s interests in a whānau trust, please complete and attach to this application form 23 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011. 20.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (919 kb)
Judge Stephanie Milroy discusses the representation of Māori women judges in Aotearoa.
“Whai mātauranga, whai tirohanga whānui hoki ngā kaiwhakawā noho ai i tēnei mana ture whakawā o Aotearoa me ngā ture o Aotearoa. He mea ahurei te tūranga o te Kooti i te ao ture noa me o tātou whakaritenga ā-ture Kāwanatanga.