Discussion on the appointment of trustees to Māori land trusts
01 Feb 2012 | NewsFormer Judge Layne Harvey discusses the appointment of trustees to Māori land trusts, the ability, experience, knowledge, and acceptability of the nominees.
Former Judge Layne Harvey discusses the appointment of trustees to Māori land trusts, the ability, experience, knowledge, and acceptability of the nominees.
The drafters of the Act clearly understood the dynamics of Māori land and Māori land owners. Accordingly, under the Act the engaged owners presently make decisions about their land through the legal structures of trusts and incorporations.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
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)
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: AP-20230000023350 A20230005463 98(9)(aa)/93 40/93 Rohario Murray Awarua 2C13C2B and others trust - Application for payment from Mäori Land Court Special Aid Fund for reasonable fees and expenses for report writer (service provider - Rohario Murray) AP-20230000033522 70(3)/93, 98(9)(c)93 Tane Lawless Lake Taupo Forest Trust – Application for payment from Mäori Land Court Special Aid Fund for a barrister/solicit...
Documents/Panui/1128623-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-January-2024-web.pdf (3.1 mb)
The Māori Land Court ("Court") has constituted a whānau trust for the purposes set out in this Trust Order (“Order”).
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP51 10:20 AM AP-20250000015882 239/93 The Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Ngatituhekerangi 16B2B Trust Add Carl Owen as advisory trustee of the Ngatituhekerangi 16B2B Trust SP52 10:25 AM AP-20250000015852 239/93 The Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Omuturangi 7A Ahu Whenua Trust Add Stephen John Hughes as an advisory trustee of the Omuturangi 7A Ahu Whenua Trust...
Owner(s) of shares of land held within a trust. Beneficiaries are also called the beneficial owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust); Ownership Only (own...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust); Ownership Only (own...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
BENEFICIAL OWNER The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees are the legal owners of the land and they hold it upon trust for the beneficial owners and they manage that land in accordance with the trust order set by the Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)