MLC Form 12 Chief judge
Preferred place of hearing: NOTE: Where whakapapa is alleged to be incorrect, the applicant must enclose on a separate sheet details as to the error and his or her version of the correct whaka- papa.
Preferred place of hearing: NOTE: Where whakapapa is alleged to be incorrect, the applicant must enclose on a separate sheet details as to the error and his or her version of the correct whaka- papa.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee (if any) and may be filed at any office of the Court (with the exception of an application seeking leave to appeal out of time which must be lodged in the Office of the Chief Registrar); (ii) As this is a general application form, please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) If the order sought is against one or more other parties you must suppl...
Name Age Postal Address Please continue on separate sheet if necessary. Where any of the above children is deceased, list their children on a separate sheet in the same manner as above. 11 SPECIFY THE FULL NAMES OF THE PARENTS OF EACH PERSON AS NEXT OF KIN (ABOVE) Where there are different parents – identify the parents by reference to the numbers before the names of each next of kin (above).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2.pdf (617 kb)
...abbreviations used for minute books of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court Introduction In the 150 year history of the Māori Land Court evidence and decisions have been recorded in local (and more) recently national minute books. This fact sheet provides a guide to minute book: • naming conventions • series types • syntax • hints and tips • abbreviations.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
NGĀ KAPOREIHANA MĀORI TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 MĀORI INCORPORATIONS TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
NGĀ KAPOREIHANA MĀORI TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 MĀORI INCORPORATIONS TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993 The Māori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Māori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
• whether: 1. the balance sheet is properly drawn up and gives a true and fair view of the state of the Māori incorporation’s affairs 2. the profit and loss account is properly drawn up and gives a true and fair view of the results of the Māori incorporation for that financial year 3. the share register has been duly and correctly kept.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
Where a case involves complex issues of law and fact or tikanga or customary concepts, the Court may call upon expert evidence and representation be provided.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
In this particular instance the Court probably did not vest the block in a ‘tribe by name’ because the chiefs seeking title did not ask it to, but merely presented the Court with a list of ten grantees, which Judge Monro did not investigate further. (In fact all the minutes record is the list of names).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Conflict of interest generally Judges should recuse themselves wherever they have personal knowledge of disputed facts in proceedings, or wherever they have a personal view concerning a party or witness of disputed fact in the litigation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)