When the court reviews the trust, it may: (a) make directions to the trustees; (b) confirm the trust order without variation; (c) vary the trust order; or (d) make an order terminating the trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
This is in case any appeal is lodged to contest the decision made by the Judge. The order will then be written up in the Court title records if it affects land, and will be sent to any party who has to act on it, for example the Māori trustee if the Māori trustee has been ordered to pay money he/she is holding, or a Māori incorporation if the order affects shares in that incorporation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
A key function of this role is the on-going data and business information verification, maintenance and quality storage and care of all Court records including land titles, court orders, permanent paper records and other historical information of business and cultural significance.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
(state full name), apply for an order of exchange: ( tick as appropriate) as set out in this application according to the terms set out in the attached agreement DETAILS OF EXCHANGE: 1.
Perhaps it is also partly the result of difficulty in obtaining mortgages on Māori freehold land, which prior to 1993 drove people to shift title into the Land Transfer title system. The problem we face is not quite as dramatic as I see in the Cook Islands and Niue where I also serve.
The Māori Land Court ("Court") has constituted an ahu whenua trust for the purposes set out in this Trust Order (“Order”). B. The Trustees have consented to become the Trustees of this Trust subject to the powers, duties and obligations set out in this Order.
You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust) succession orders (names of successors to an estate) vesting ord...
The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing him/her as trustee for the land is registered against the title.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Terms used in land ownership Taitara Title Title is the legal description of a piece of land and evidence of the owners of that land.
TIP: Searching for the Minute when you have found the Order. If you have found an order you can copy the minute book reference to search for the minute in the document search.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)
