The Māori Land Court deals with applications for new trusts, replacement trustees, variations to trusts, reviews of trusts and formal complaints. The Māori Land Court also receives trust reports and financial accounts.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
What the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project has done has been to provide an invaluable updated base of knowledge for a new generation of policy makers keen to review and improve the manner in which owners, their whanau or hapu hold title.
The changes to the existing Practice Note were made following a review undertaken by Judge Warren, with helpful input from lawyers who regularly appear in our Court.
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
The reform options proposed in the paper deal with every stage of the decision making process. The review also assesses how the primary legislation interfaces with other key statutes, and the respective roles central and local government and private groups should play in the provision and management of cemeteries.
We await confirmation of the details and programme for the Government’s review of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act, and so now is not the time for comment from the judiciary.
The MLC deals with applications for new trusts, replacement trustees, variations to trusts, reviews of trusts and formal complaints, and receives trust reports and financial accounts.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
...Deputy Registrar Kairuru Hemana - Succession to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) - South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Block 33 A20120014544 231/93 Robyn Wallace Section 1 Survey Office Plan 6949 (Claim) - Review of Aitia Ahu Whenua Trust 34 A20220002962 86/93 Deputy Registrar May Collings or May Hutana or Mary Hutana or Maria Hutana - Amendment of Court record 35 A20210013331 113/93,118/9 3,214/93 Tania Jane Hirini, Donna Maria...
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
Our rules and regulations The Māori Land Court Rules 2011 set out how we operate, including how we receive, review, notify, process, and conclude applications.
...NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP3 10:00am AP-20230000021633 67/93 231/93 238/93 240/93 Peter Pitiroi Robin Lewis Neera George Morris Huia Whyte- Puna Arapaoanui 3E Block and Trust - Judicial Conference, Review of trust, enforce obligations of trustees and replace trustees For further clarification please contact: District Office: Hastings District Court, 106 Eastbourne Street, West, Hastings 4122 Phone: (06)...
Following the Government’s decision last week to remove the remaining COVID-19 restrictions, the judiciary, informed by public health advice, reviewed the court operating protocols. Public health advice recommends that people isolate for five days if they have COVID-19 and that masks remain a useful tool to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses.
