Alienation involves an alienee (the person who purchases or receives the
interest in the land) and an alienor (the person who sells or parts with the interest
in the land).
2. Land whose beneficial ownership the Māori Land Court has determined by
freehold order (that is, the Court has created a title for the land and determined
the beneficial owners to that land).
The information
in this booklet does not apply to Māori reserves.
2
Māori reservation land
Any Māori freehold land or any general land 1
may be set aside as a Māori reservation.
The beneficiaries are called the beneficial owners.
2. Before 6 February 2021, Māori reservations were established by notice in the
New Zealand Gazette.
The beneficiaries are called the beneficial
owners.
2. For information on trustees’ duties and responsibilities see Part 3 of the Trusts
Act 2019 and Part 12 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
3.
Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied
to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori
adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the Native Lands Act was not legally
binding.
Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri a muri ake nei. 1 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu “SILNA” (5 October 2017) Ngāi Tahu 2 Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement, section 15, preamble. 3 Individuals from Te Tau Ihu iwi were also included in the lists. 4 Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement, section 15, preamble. 5 Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement, section 15, preamble. 6 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu “SILNA” (5 October 2017) Ngāi Tahu 7 Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu “SILNA” (5 October 2017)...
For
information about granting confirmation
of an instrument of alienation 1 or about
transfers of whole blocks of Māori land,
please contact a Māori Land Court office
(see page 6 for your nearest office).
2
Use of vesting orders
Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a
Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can
only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made
by the Māori Land Court.
For
information about granting confirmation
of an instrument of alienation 1 or about
transfers of whole blocks of Māori land,
please contact a Māori Land Court office
(see page 6 for your nearest office).
2
Use of vesting orders
Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a
Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can
only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made
by the Māori Land Court.
For
information about granting confirmation
of an instrument of alienation 1 or about
transfers of whole blocks of Māori land,
please contact a Māori Land Court office
(see page 6 for your nearest office).
2
Use of vesting orders
Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a
Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can
only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made
by the Māori Land Court.
