MLC 2023 Glossary of terms
SUBJECT The content of an application – for instance a succession of ownership or setting up a trust, and so forth.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
SUBJECT The content of an application – for instance a succession of ownership or setting up a trust, and so forth.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Apply online Download the application form KIA MATAARA: It is extremely risky to use individual land interests in multiply owned Māori land as security for a loan.
The cost for this application is $22. Apply online Download the application form Succession and whāngai Whāngai is a Māori custom where a child is raised by someone other than their birth parents – in many cases, by a blood relative.
The procedure for a partition application will need to be followed.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
The procedure for a partition application will need to be followed.
REGISTRATION The MLC will register all partition orders with LINZ. Applying for partition PROCESS – NOTES FOR APPLICANTS 1.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Disclosure of any matter which might give rise to objection should be undertaken even if the judge has formed the view that there is no basis for recusal.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
Common term for a trust order is a trust deed, which is the term used in the Trusts Act 2019. 4.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Maori thus relate by whakapapa (genealogy) to all life forms and natural resources. There is whakapapa for fish and animal species just as there are for people.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
The trustees are not required to give reasons for their decision on an application unless they have been required to do so by an order of the MLC.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)