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Claiming money owed to you You may be entitled to some money generated by a trust or incorporation in which you have an interest or are a shareholder. Some trusts and incorporations also provide financial assistance through grants and scholarships.

Located in:  Our application process Receive the outcome

Rehearings Sometimes further relevant information might come to light immediately after the Court hearing or, when you receive the minutes, you might find that what you thought you had said was not correctly recorded and has affected the outcome of your application.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)

Introduction While hearing succession applications I often find myself suggesting to those appearing in front of me to consider forming a whānau trust.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

Applications are grouped by District and include the application reference number, the date on which the application was received by the Court, the subject of the application, the authority under which the application is made and the applicant(s).

Documents/5-11-reports/2023-02-28-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC-combined-compressed.pdf (2.1 mb)

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)

Recording dividends There is a new requirement on incorporations to record the details of dividends paid to shareholders. The record will include the name of each shareholder who received a dividend, the amount paid to the shareholder and the date of each payment.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-incorporations-web-version.pdf (63 kb)

Shareholders in the aggregated list will become shareholders in all land blocks included in the aggregation, so the value of shares in each pre-aggregated block is important.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

Management is not providing shareholders with accurate and timely reports, e.g. AGMs are not being held.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

On this page Māori Land Update Block and trust information Māori Incorporation Register Māori Land Update Our Māori Land Update is released annually and provides: the number of customary and freehold titles of Māori land the number and types of management structures and the size of the land they are responsible for managing.

Located in:  The court record

It gives an inaccurate impression of how the Act operates and fails to explain in any reasoned way how the Act inhibits (or enhances) Māori land owners’ aspirations.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)