MLC Form 21 Application for succession2
WHĀNAU TRUST Select the statement that applies. Those entitled to succeed do not wish to form a whānau trust.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (919 kb)
WHĀNAU TRUST Select the statement that applies. Those entitled to succeed do not wish to form a whānau trust.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (919 kb)
There are two application types you can file under section 214 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and rule 12.3 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 to form a whānau trust. These are: • Form 36 – application to constitute a whānau trust (non-succession) • Form 23 – application to form whānau trust (to be used with an application for succession) Option One – Form 36 Application to constitute a whānau trust (non- succession...
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
In this case, you can talk directly to the trustees about occupying or building on the land and they can approve your plans without court involvement, if the trust order allows it. As you would with other landowners, you’ll need to provide the trust or incorporation with a sketch plan of where you want to occupy or build, a calculation of how much land you'll need, and information about how your occupation or building could benefit the other owners.
How the Trustees may hold and deal with the Trust Property is subject to the terms of this Trust.
Whenua Māori held by a Māori land trust 3. Where the title to the land is vested in a Māori land trust (e.g. an Ahu Whenua Trust or a Whānau Trust) the trustees can approve a mortgage against the land subject to any restrictions in the trust order (ss 147 and 150A of the Act)
Apply for a fee remittal in Pātaka Whenua Download the fee remittal application form Application fees Ngā tono me te kore utu Applications without fees Application for Dispute Resolution Application to form a Whānau Trust (when filed together with succession) An application under the Family Protection Act 1955 An application under the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 Ngā tono $23 $23 applications Changing your name in the Māor...
Apply online Download the application form Tukuna ngā pūtea e puritia ana e tētahi tarahiti (utu tāpae $23) Release funds held by a trust (filing fee $23) If a trust, company, accountant, government agency, Māori Trustee, or other person is holding money you've received from Māori land, you can apply to get this money paid to you.
This trust order sets out the rules for how the trustees do that.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (159 kb)
Applying to the court | Te tuku tono ki te Kooti How easy are the application forms to understand and complete?
Documents/Misc/MLC-User-Survey-2025-Infographic-V5-Te-Reo-Headings.pdf (372 kb)