We therefore decided to create a glos- sary of those words, words that relate directly to the legal space and more particularly, the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
Whenua tōpū trusts, again a land management trust, which provide for iwi or hapū based trusts designed to facilitate the use and administration of the land on behalf of a wider class of owner, normally a whānau, hapū or iwi grouping.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
If the trust being created is a Māori reservation, there is no need for a trust order.
It did this in the belief that hundreds of farms could be created. Huge amounts of time and money were expended but then it was discovered that no farms could be created.
Often the cards also include minute book references where land interests were received by or transferred from the person. ORDER DECLARING TRUSTS This is the Court order created by the Māori Land Court that sets out all the terms of a trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Easements An easement20 can be created by a court order under section 315 of the Act.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
This new Act sets out the core principles and default rules for trusts, including trusts created under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
The Judge will need to hear all parties and will decide from the evidence and the act which view should prevail. Partition a partition is created when one or more owners separate their shares from the rest of the landowners and create a separate title.
The Judge will need to hear all parties and will decide from the evidence and the act which view should prevail. Partition a partition is created when one or more owners separate their shares from the rest of the landowners and create a separate title.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
Once created, the trust is a separate legal entity and is required to have its own IRD number.
Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
