In 2003, realising that there was only one uncle and one aunty still alive, something needed to be done. After Part 4 searches had been carried out at the Māori Land Court I learnt that in 1967 an uncle of mine had appeared at the Māori Land Court and had succeeded to some interests in the name of his mother and father (my grandparents).
https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz Page 5 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 38 CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: Please tick to confirm the following Signed consents of trustees Notice of meeting given to beneficiaries or owners (eg written notification, public advertisement etc) Minutes of Minutes of meeting consenting to replacement, removal, or addition of trustees or change in number of trustees CV for each proposed trustee MĀORI LAND COUR...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (225 kb)
These are the two documents you can use: Glossary: this one has common words used in the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court.
ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION TYPES BY SECTION NATIONAL PĀNUI April | Āperira 2026 2 Summary of General Statutory Provisions The following table provides a brief description of the most common sections in this document. For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council ma...
ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION TYPES BY SECTION NATIONAL PĀNUI April | Āperira 2026 2 Summary of General Statutory Provisions The following table provides a brief description of the most common sections in this document. For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council ma...
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee (if any) and may be filed at any office of the Court (with the exception of an application seeking leave to appeal out of time which must be lodged in the Office of the Chief Registrar); (ii) As this is a general application form, please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) If the order sought is against one or more other parties you must suppl...
Where there are only two trustees, both are required for the purpose of establishing a quorum. SIGNING DOCUMENTS Trustees may sign documents by a majority (more than half of all the trustees currently appointed by the MLC) if the trustees have passed a resolution authorising the document.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Māori Land Court judges have discretion to use these standard documents and templates, with or without amendment.
You may use this document to request a remittal, reduction, or refund of the fee prescribed for an application before the Māori Land Court or Māori Appellate Court under the Māori Land Court Fees Regulations 2013.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-A1-request-remittal.pdf (798 kb)
It does not include documents or judgments produced by judicial/court officers.
