MLC 2023 Glossary of terms
AUDITOR A person who checks and examines accounts. BENEFICIAL OWNER The owner of a beneficial interest in land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
AUDITOR A person who checks and examines accounts. BENEFICIAL OWNER The owner of a beneficial interest in land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Details as to how ownership of the land is to be apportioned after partition Details of notice of the application or proposal to the owners, the minutes of any meetings held for this purpose, and the amount of support for the proposal Copy of the current (certificate of) title (if any) of any land included in partition Local Authority approval (where applicable) Consents of owners Consents of Trustees (where applicable) Consent of Committee of Management of Māori Incorporat...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (194 kb)
A summary of the Court orders to be sought to determine the owners and status of the land. The matter of ownership needed to be resolved first, as any application for accretion would be made by the owners of the land.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Aorere-Accretion-determination-of-status-and-ownership-of-land.pdf (890 kb)
You can use the ownership search option if you know either the owner name, owner ID, block name, block ID, block district, ownership category, ownership type, or a combination of these.
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-an-ownership-v1-5.pdf (2 mb)
In a small number of cases with the consent of the owners of the land the Court was able to formalise the situation.
The intended amendments are designed to provide a strong platform for Māori land owners, to give Māori land owners more autonomy and, if they so choose, support to realise the economic potential of their land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
A Māori incorporation is a structure similar to a company and any land or assets are vested in the Incorporation. Former land owners become shareholders in the Incorporation rather than owners in the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
(If applicable) copy of the minutes of the meeting of owners where consent granted is attached. copy of consents from other owners.
Definition of succession Māori land is owned by either one owner or several owners. In some cases, there are hundreds of owners for one block or title¹.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
Date(s) and place(s) of meetings of owners: [specify] 3. Minutes of the meeting(s) are enclosed?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (121 kb)