Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz or phone 09 279 5850 to make an appointment
It includes:
Court files (the physical and electronic application file that holds all documents and correspondence about a matter in the Court)
Minute books (the physical copy of all conversations and decisions made by the Court)
Court orders (the decisions made by a Registrar or the Court)
Instruments of alienation (the legal tool used to make changes to a land block)
Block order files (the physical record of all dealings and decisions about a land block filed and held by the Court...
...(creating Incorporations and setting objects for the Incorporation)
orders of the Chief Judge
plans of Māori land
title notices affecting Māori land (such as gazette notices, copies of leases and mortgages)
personal files (estate files)
closed application files. Making copies of the court record
We can send you copies of the court record as PDF documents via email, free of charge.
If the trustees do not convene a special meeting for this purpose within 2 months of receiving
the written notice, the aggrieved person may file in court an application under section 238 of
the Act asking the court to:
(a) review the trustees’ response or failure to respond to the aggrieved person’s notice;
(b) give directions to the trustees; and/or
(c) put in place an injunction to prevent the trustees from taking any further steps in relation
to the subject of the grievance...
The benefits of an incorporation include:
the ability to establish and run commercial operations for maximum financial benefit to the shareholders
the application of a corporate model to the management of Māori land
autonomy from the normal Māori Land Court practices that apply to trusts, and
voting and resolutions by shareholders are based on the number of shares held, rather than the number of votes received.
With changes to the role of the Chief Registrar, Steve is now responsible for exercising statutory powers in accordance with the applicable Act, providing technical advice relating to Court processes and procedures and supporting the staff and managers of the Māori Land Court to enable them to deliver excellent customer service.
Our Act provides various safeguards to ensure that Māori land may only be transferred by court order following an application to succeed, gift, or sell to the PCA. Ownership interests can only be transferred outside of the PCA if members of the PCA decline to apply for those interests.
