Ka āhei anō te kaitiaki ki te rihaina i te wā e
hiahia ana a ia, ā, mā te Kooti Whenua Māori
rānei a ia e whakamutu mēnā ka rangona
1 He whenua ehara nō Māori, ehara nō te
Karauna.
2 Ko te Kuini tonu te rangatira whai mana o
Aotearoa hei tā te Karauna.
These are:
• when the administration of an estate was
granted by the High Court before 1 July
1993, or
• when a person died before 1 July 1994
leaving a will dated before 1 July 1993.
E whai nei:
• ko te whakahaere rawa i whakamanahia e te
Kooti Teitei i mua i te 1 o Hōngongoi 1993.
• i mate rānei he tangata i mua i te 1 o
Hōngongoi 1994, ā, ko te wira nō mua kē
i te 1 o Hōngongoi 1993.
Combined partition
an owner or a group of owners may benefit
by combining their interests, held in two
neighbouring blocks, into one block. For
1 The legal ownership of property and the legal
evidence of a person’s ownership rights.
2 The division of Māori land into two or more
separate titles (partition).
Te tono whakawehe
Te huarahi
Pānui mō ngā kaitono:
1 Whiringa ki waenga i te kaunihera ā-rohe.
Whakawehenga hapū: Tirohia mēnā he
kirimana hanga whare ka hiahiatia.
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.
A vesting order can be used to transfer Māori land shares:
• from one person to another on the sale or gift of the
shares
• to the trustee(s)6 of the landowners
• from a trustee, or representative, to the person beneficially
entitled to the shares
• to provide a dwelling site for an owner
• between owners to facilitate a partition of the land.
1. Alienation is when landowners grant certain rights of their land to another
person.
Purposes of a reservation
A reservation can be established for the following purposes:
• a village site • a marae
• a place of cultural, historical
or scenic interest
• a catchment area or other
source of water supply
• a sports ground • pā site
• a bathing place • a building site
• a church site • a landing place
• a spring • a fishing ground
• an urupā/burial ground • a well
• a timber reserve • wāhi tapu
• papa kāinga • kaumātua flats
• kōhanga reo • a recreational ground
• rese...
Applying for partition
PROCESS – NOTES FOR APPLICANTS
1. Consult the district council
• Full partition: Check your proposal meets the
requirements of the RMA and whether you need a
building permit
• You should also have time to read and check the
submission prepared by your case manager.
1. A claim or liability attached to property, for example a lease, a mortgage or a
charge.
2.