MLC incorporations english
If the Māori incorporation holds land that has been determined to be “investment land” in terms of section 256 of the Act, it may gift or sell that land without restriction.
If the Māori incorporation holds land that has been determined to be “investment land” in terms of section 256 of the Act, it may gift or sell that land without restriction.
If the Māori incorporation holds land that has been determined to be “investment land” in terms of section 256 of the Act, it may gift or sell that land without restriction.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
A whenua tōpū trust can also hold non-land assets, such as houses, vehicles, or general land interests.
If the Māori incorporation holds land that has been determined to be ‘investment land’ in terms of section 256 of the Act, it may gift or sell that land without restriction.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
The beneficiaries hold their individual shares in the land as beneficial owners. 15.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
The process to do this is different from other Māori Land Court application processes. Landowners and other interested parties, if appropriate, should hold a meeting to decide to set aside land as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
The Māori Land Court ("Court") has constituted a whānau trust for the purposes set out in this Trust Order (“Order”).
As for incorporations, the Act provides that every Māori incorporation holds the land and assets “on trust” for the incorporated owners in proportion to their several interests in the land (s 250(4)).
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
If the trustees acquire further land or other assets for the purposes of the trust, that land becomes trust land, and the other assets become trust property.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)