Our team committed many hours of overtime to entering new applications into Pātaka Whenua and progressing applications towards resolution.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
Simple and uncontested trust applications Before 6 February 2021 Trust applications are decided by a Māori Land Court judge.
In most instances, the trust order sets out how voting shall take place. If the trust order doesn’t state this, the meeting attendees should decide what they prefer.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
application dismissed if the application is not successful, the court will dismiss the application. 16 A provisional title will be issued.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
application dismissed if the application is not successful, the court will dismiss the application. 16 A provisional title will be issued.
After 18 months of hearings in Rotorua, 15 applications concerning the administration and utilisation of Utuhina No.3H No’s 2 & 3 Subdivision F will shortly be completed.
In such a case the applicants would be wise to check the local authority district plan to see whether any restrictions on land use may be applicable to the area proposed for an urupā.
That seems simple enough. However, how does the Court assess compliance with the statutory criteria?
This does not include any distribution the Trustee may receive as a Beneficiary of the Trust. 1.9 Each Trustee must not take any reward for acting as a Trustee, but this does not affect the right of a Trustee to be reimbursed for the Trustee’s legitimate expenses and disbursements in acting as a Trustee. 1.10 The duty for Trustees to act unanimously is expressly excluded.
The beneficiaries can take a case to the Māori Land Court or the High Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
