MLC 2023 Glossary of terms
The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing him/her as trustee for the land is registered against the title.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing him/her as trustee for the land is registered against the title.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
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)
Details as to how ownership of the land is to be apportioned after partition Details of notice of the application or proposal to the owners, the minutes of any meetings held for this purpose, and the amount of support for the proposal Copy of the current (certificate of) title (if any) of any land included in partition Local Authority approval (where applicable) Consents of owners Consents of Trustees (where applicable) Consent of Committee of Management of Mā...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (194 kb)
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COURT 1862–1890s the Trustees be appointed he be one and his son Tureiti Te Heu Heu succeed him on his death’.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
The Māori Land Court can make succession orders for: • any interest in Māori land • any freehold interest owned by a Māori in general land 7 (but only on application by a personal representative 8 appointed by the High Court) 3 • any leasehold interest in a registered cross lease 9 over Māori land • money held by the Māori Trustee (or any other agent, trustee 10, or Māori incorporation) for the deceased derived from Māori land • interests in Tītī Islan...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
The Māori Land Court can make succession orders for: • any interest in Māori land • any freehold interest owned by a Māori in general land 7 (but only on application by a personal representative 8 appointed by the High Court) 3 • any leasehold interest in a registered cross lease 9 over Māori land • money held by the Māori Trustee (or any other agent, trustee 10, or Māori incorporation) for the deceased derived from Māori land • interests in Tītī Islan...
Apply online Download the application form Te tohu i ngā kaitiaki, ngā mema rānei o te komiti whakahaere Trustees & committee members Read about the roles and responsibilities of trustees and committee members.
Usually, an application for a trustee’s removal is filed by the trustees or the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Usually, an application for a trustee’s removal is filed by the trustees or the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
ADDRESSING GRIEVANCES 6.1 If any Trustee or Beneficiary is aggrieved by a decision, action or omission of the Trustees ("Applicant"), that person may first give written notice of the grievance to the Trustees. 6.2 If the Applicant's grievance is not satisfactorily addressed within a reasonable period of time, the Applicant may in writing, notify the Trustees of his or her intention to have his or her grievance referred to a general m...