COURT ORDER The MLC will conduct a hearing about the application. A judge can then make a court order to set the land aside as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Trustee meetings 4.4 The Trustees must meet as regularly as necessary to conduct the business of the Trust. 4.5 A majority of Trustees shall constitute a quorum for a valid Trustee meeting. 4.6 Trustees may attend meetings by electronic or digital means, provided they can and do remain in contact with the other Trustees at all times throughout the meeting. 5 4.7 The Trustees must keep minutes of all of their meetings.
The Court’s jurisdiction is conferred by Section 455(1) of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998. The Court is conducting an inquiry to determine the successors to those persons approved as being potentially entitled to the Toitoi SILNA Block.
The trustee can also be removed if they: repeatedly refuses or fail to act as trustee become an undischarged bankrupt are a corporate trustee that is subject to an insolvency event, or are no longer suitable to hold office as trustee because of their conduct or circumstances. If you want to remove a trustee, you’ll need to provide: evidence of any meetings called to remove the trustee(s) and the attendance and minutes, and the details of the trustee or trustees who should be remove...
NGĀ MĀTĀPONO The principles and values which are used as guidelines for mediation conduct. NOMINAL INDEX CARDS These cards are part of the old paper records (predating MLIS) and contain names of persons who are alive or deceased and refers to the interests they have in Maori Land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
General meetings of shareholders General meetings of shareholders must be called and conducted as required in terms of the Act and the Regulations.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
118 Tairawhiti MB 60 MAORI LAND COURT Place Gishorne Present C L Fox Acting Chief Judge A Nyman Clerk of the Court D Kennedy Court assistant Date 4 May 2023 Panui No SP1 Application No A20230008312 Subject Appointment of Maon Trustee as Agent to assess damage from Cyclone Gabrielle Legislation Section 183(6)(f) and (h) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 Also Greg Shaw (Te Tumu Paeroa) Martin Eadie (Te Tumu Paeroa) Present Detallsof the applicant are as follows Applicant Address Maor Trustee Le...
Documents/Landowner-notices/04145271_05549463_0060_0080_MIN.pdf (2.4 mb)
Legislative changes affecting trusts Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021 Updated provisions for removing a trustee The Act now allows for the Māori Land Court to remove a trustee if it is satisfied that they have lost the capacity to perform their functions as a trustee, or that their removal is desirable for the proper execution of the trust (for example because they repeatedly refuse or fail to act as a trustee, they become an undischarged bankrupt, or they are no longer suitab...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
In addition, while it remains important that kanohi-ki-te-kanohi justice is conducted in our courthouses, which play an important role as the local face of justice for our communities, we should endeavour to use alternative measures such as telephone conferencing, zoom and or AVL if this is more suitable to Māori land owners and ultimately assists Māori land owners’ access to justice.
Page 3 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 34 CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: List of owners present at the gathering Statement setting out how the alienee is a member of one of the preferred classes of alienees (if applicable), including any necessary whakapapa details Roll valuation or special valuation of the land and any improvements to it by a registered valuer (as applicable) Minutes of the family gathering or, if no minutes were kept, a statement of t...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (105 kb)
