Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025
When the land has many owners, it’s important that the costs are shared fairly among everyone.
When the land has many owners, it’s important that the costs are shared fairly among everyone.
The authority given by an owner of an interest in land to another person to vote on their behalf.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Shareholding a partition is normally based on valuation, not on the land area. This prevents a person from getting more than a fair share by partitioning out a valuable part of the block and leaving the poor land for the remaining owners.
Shareholding a partition is normally based on valuation, not on the land area. This prevents a person from getting more than a fair share by partitioning out a valuable part of the block and leaving the poor land for the remaining owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
(vii) Additional information – if you find that there is not enough room on the form to provide all the information you need to supply continue your application on a separate sheet of paper.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (371 kb)
For the year ahead, the Māori Land Court (staff and judges) will focus on little else.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
(vii) Additional information – if you find that there is not enough room on the form to provide all the information you need to supply continue your application on a separate sheet of paper.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (370 kb)
I am pleased to confirm that I have approved the release of a new Practice Note covering lawyers appointed and paid for under the Māori Land Court’s Special Aid Fund. I attach the new Practice Note for your records and advise that you may also find a copy on the new Māori Land Court website.
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
The purpose of updating the list of owners is to ensure successors can attend and vote at meetings of owners to decide on how to receive the land.
Trustee responsibilities can include: researching options for the whenua on behalf of owners attending regular trustee meetings to discuss and debate plans for the trust communicating with owners and organising hui for owners or trustees to discuss plans for the whenua visiting the whenua regularly to check on the wellbeing of the land, and working with people involved in the whenua or trust, such as a lessee, accountant, or management team.