Comment Box While the land and any other property vested in the trust is held and used for the benefit of the beneficial owners, the beneficial owners are not the legal owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-12-07-Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template.pdf (398 kb)
The Trustees have been entrusted with the task of managing and making use of the Trust Land and Trust Property for the benefit of the Beneficial Owners. 2.
The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Owner(s) of shares of land held within a trust. Beneficiaries are also called the beneficial owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Its purpose is to facilitate and promote the use and administration of Māori freehold land 1 on behalf of the owners.
Its purpose is to facilitate and promote the use and administration of Māori freehold land 1 on behalf of the owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
The Court recognises that land is a taonga tuku iho of special significance to Māori, and for that reason, its primary objective is to promote and assist in the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners and the effective use, management and development of that land by its owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
In a small number of cases with the consent of the owners of the land the Court was able to formalise the situation.
