Fast-Track Trustee Appointment and Replacement Process
16 Jul 2026 | NewsThe Aotea Māori Land Court has been trialling a Fast-Track Process for appointing and replacing trustees of Māori land trusts.
The Aotea Māori Land Court has been trialling a Fast-Track Process for appointing and replacing trustees of Māori land trusts.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP19 10:10 AM AP-20260000008343 19/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Jnr Matapihi 1A3C2A2 Ahu Whenua Trust – Judicial Conference (Injunction (Respondents: Leighton John Faulkner and the Matapihi 1A3C2A2 Ahu Whenua Trust)) SP20 10:10 AM AP-20260000008370 18(1)(a)/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Jnr He whakataunga a te kooti mō tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana nō wai te whare ki runga i a Matapihi 1A3C2A2 Judi...
Documents/Panui/23.-Waikato-Maniapoto-16-July-2026.pdf (133 kb)
Trustees Where the land is vested in trustees and where the trust order 14 allows, the trustees may negotiate the terms of an easement with the interested parties.
Trustees Where the land is vested in trustees and where the trust order 14 allows, the trustees may negotiate the terms of an easement with the interested parties.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
SP8 3:00 PM AP-20230000022135 18(1)(a)/93 328/93 Catherine Thomas Wharekauri 1A2 - Determination of ownership of a dwelling and occupation order in favour of Te Puna Aroha Mokopuna Whānau Trust SP9 3:15 PM AP-20250000011258 289/93 Carol Power He wāwāhanga ki te poraka o Otonga 3 Partitioning Otonga 3 SP10 3:15 PM AP-20250000011260 151/93 Deputy Registrar Otonga 3 - Confirmation of resolution of assembled owners SP11 3:15 PM AP-20240000009207 181/93 Phil...
Documents/Panui/14-v2.-Te-Waipounamu-15-October-2025.pdf (145 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 46 1:30PM AP-20230000027500 A20210007646 45/93 Richard Ransfield or Dick Tuna Ransfield, Tracy Titihuia Campbell CJ 2021/20 - Barney Ransfield or Panapa Ranapiri - and an order made at 192 Rotorua MB 40-42 on 6 December 1978 - Application to the Chief Judge SP 47 1:45PM AP-20230000027434 A20140005084 45/93 Ruth Constance Hallett Te Ahuru Whānau Trust CJ 2014/2 - Ruth Constance Hallett Te Ahuru - and a vesting order m...
Documents/Panui/17.-Te-Whakamaene-Chief-Judge-Specials-20-June-2024.pdf (136 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00 AM AP-20230000024406 231/93 240/93 Kingi Robert James Wiri He arotakenga i te Ruapani Ki Waikaremoana Trust Lot 62 Deposited Plan 7991 & Lot 78 Deposited Plan 7991 (Ruapani Ki Waikaremoana Trust) - Review of Trust and replacement of Te Iwa Rangihau, Waylon Waiwai, Carl Anderson, Timoti Rurehe and Lani Turipa with Waylon Waiwai, Carl Anderson, Lani Turipa, Jasmine Lackner-Wagner; and Waireti Amai...
The minimum number of trustees for a reservation is two people (unless the trustee is a body corporate 7, such as a Māori trust board or a Māori incorporation). A trustee does not have to be an owner in the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Those entitled to succeed have conferred and wish to vest the interests of the deceased into a whānau trust. If those entitled to succeed do wish to vest the deceased’s interests in a whānau trust, please complete and attach to this application form 23 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (216 kb)
(k) Landowner(s): [insert the names of the owners of the Parent Block or the name of the existing management structure (in the case of a trust, name the current trustees, followed by “as trustees of the [name of trust]”)] (l) Maximum Occupants: [Twelve (12)] people.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)