It would be interesting to see the response if our Māori Land Court required the parties’ written submissions in upcoming cases to be uploaded to the Māori land Court website prior to hearings.
The purpose of updating the list of owners is to ensure successors can attend and vote at meetings of owners to decide on how to receive the land.
Do you want discretionary power included in your trust order to allow income to be applied to Māori community purposes?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (201 kb)
Apply online The easiest way to apply to the Court is online through Pātaka Whenua.
Like the Ministry, our purpose is to deliver people-centred services to provide access to justice for all.
māorilandcourt.govt.nz 5 Step 8 Once you are ready, make sure to tick the box to agree to the terms and conditions, then click “Submit” to send your enquiry to the Māori Land Court.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-enquiry-v1-6.pdf (1.1 mb)
Step 4 In the drop-down menu, you can choose either “Export to PDF” or “Export to Excel” to suit your requirements.
Any owner or interested person may use this form to apply to the Court to call or direct the Registrar to call a meeting of assembled owners for any Māori Freehold land or General Land owned by Māori to consider 1 or more resolutions for those matters set out in section 172 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (attached as a schedule to this form) Office use: Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED Dated: ....................................................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (149 kb)
Transferring land to a member of the PCA To transfer your land by gift or sale to a member of the preferred class of alienee (link to definition), you will need to apply for a vesting order.
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/24 - 12 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? Use this form to file an application to the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court to exercise their power under section 44 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to correct a mistake, error or omission on the part of the Court or in the presentation of the facts of a case to the Court.
