For practical reasons, it is advisable to provide trustees two to three weeks’ notice of meetings to allow them to make business and travel arrangements.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
The owners may also need to consider whether a right of way is required in order to ensure proper access to the urupā.
It aims to balance the protection of Māori land for future generations with the ability to use and develop land to meet the aspirations of whānau.
NOTE: The purpose of this question is to allow the applicant to advise the Court the persons he or she believes are entitled to succeed.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (370 kb)
Where one or more of the trustees are unable or refuse to sign the mortgage documents, the remaining trustees can apply to the Court: (a) To seek directions; (b) To remove any trustees who have passed away or resigned; (c) To remove a trustee for cause for refusing to implement the majority decision; or (d) To approve the mortgage documents being signed by a majority of trustees only per s 227(3) and 237 of the Act. 7.
(iv) Notice of hearing – while an applicant is not required to give formal notice of hearing to other beneficiaries he or she is expected to consult with them and advise them of the application and when it is to be heard.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (371 kb)
Establishing a Māori reservation APPLYING TO THE MĀORI LAND COURT An application must be made to the MLC to establish a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
An obvious corollary to that proposition is, subject to the available resources and infrastructure of the trust to cater for such procedures.
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How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
Interestingly, in Samoa, the Courts have the power to compel parties to mediation. A Judge of the Māori Land Court now has the power to direct a Judicial Settlement Conference, which has some similarities to mediation.
