20210715 Trustees Role and Duties
Any changes agreed to at the meeting can be formalised by filing an application with the MLC to vary the trust order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Any changes agreed to at the meeting can be formalised by filing an application with the MLC to vary the trust order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Apply online Download the application form If you or any other party breach the terms of a lease, the matter can be heard by a judge.
If you want to sell or gift your shares, and those shares form part of Māori land vested in a Māori incorporation, you must file a transfer application with the secretary of the Māori incorporation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
Because of these consequences, tapu is sometimes seen as a form of social control based on the avoidance of risk.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
(such as receipts, invoices and income details) Signed by the Applicant(s) or on behalf of claimant group Dated: / / Dated: / / Dated: / / Dated: / / If the applicant is a trust board, trust, or other legal entity, the application must be signed under the common seal or other legal form appropriate to that body.
CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION On receiving an application, the trustees can request further information.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Consideration of an application On receiving an application, the trustees can request further information.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Lawyers that are appointed by the Court’s own motion may: 8.1 Be a lawyer who a Judge considers meets the competency and experience criteria set out below; and 8.2 Be required to submit an estimate of costs, but are not required to submit a Special Aid application form. 5 There is no need to prove that civil legal aid has been applied for and has been refused, but applicants must address why civil legal aid or other funding avenues are not reasonably availa...
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
Upload any documents as required TIP: If your application form is not showing, please visit Submit an application | Māori Land Court which will give you different options for logging an application.
However, it is possible to make application to the Court to have an area excluded from a reservation pursuant to section 338(5), and then to set up an ahu whenua trust in relation to the excluded area with the object of allowing housing development to take place.