The trustees must, at their first meeting after being appointed by the court, appoint a trustee to be chairperson and another trustee to be secretary.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
(ii) Consents of all trustees must be filed. (iii) Consents must be evidenced by – (a) completion of this form or (b) consent at family meeting evidenced by minutes of that meeting or (c) completion and production of separate forms of consent.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (149 kb)
Use this form to indicate that you consent to be appointed as a trustee for any trust involving the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-B1-Consent-trustee.pdf (265 kb)
The trustees’ prior written consent is not needed for tangihanga.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
A trustee may not appoint a proxy 11 or a Power of Attorney to act for them.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Includes records in the various registries known as estates files, wills files, probate files, letters of administration files, personal files, personalty files, war gratuities files A1, A2, A3, A5 3.2 Appointment of trustees records Records concerning the appointment of trustees for an individual with a disability.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
A person bound to deal with property on behalf of the owners or beneficiaries. The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing them as trustee for the land is registered against the title.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
Signed consents are attached of: the retiring or resigning trustees; and/or the proposed trustees.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (123 kb)
An easement that joins on to a state highway requires the consent of Waka Kotahi. The consent will set out how the accessway should be formed.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
The interests of a child When the successor is a child at the time the Māori Land Court makes the succession order, the Court can also appoint a kaitiaki 19 trustee to act for the child until he or she reaches 20 years of age or marries, whichever occurs sooner.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
