Use this form to appoint, remove, or replace trustee or change the number of trustees of a Whānau Trust, Kaitiaki Trust, Ahu Whenua Trust, Whenua Tōpū Trust, Pūtea Trust or Māori Reservation.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (225 kb)
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The Māori Land Court ("Court") has constituted a whānau trust for the purposes set out in this Trust Order (“Order”).
Applications that do not have a prescribed form in the rules must be completed using this form.
Only in special circumstances will a Māori reservation be set aside for anyone other than the whānau, hapū, and iwi traditionally associated with that particular land.
These years have not been without challenges – introducing Pātaka Whenua was a transformative yet difficult transition, par- ticularly for landowners, whānau, applicants, and other users of the Court’s services.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
Please open and complete this application form using Adobe Acrobat. Do not use macrons as they may affect successful completion of the form.
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-application-form.pdf (2 mb)
The Court may, on considering such notice, arrange for the application to be set down for formal hearing or rehearing as the case may be.
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
Fees vary across applications. Application fees are set out in the Māori Land Court Fees Regulations 2013.
[NAME OF MARAE] Marae Charter 1 Name and location 1.1 The name of the marae is [ ] Marae. 1.2 It is located at [ ]. 1.3 The land on which the marae sits is a Māori Reservation set aside for the purpose of [STATE PURPOSE EXPRESSED WHEN THE RESERVATION WAS MADE]. 2 Purpose 2.1 This charter is made under the Māori Reservation Regulations 1994 to set out clearly the purpose of the marae and the role of the marae trustees in managing and running it. 2.2 The fun...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)
