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Types of land ownership Tūturu Absolute Absolute ownership is where interest(s) or share(s) are owned by the person.

Located in:  Māori land

Within the Māori Land Court districts, average ownership numbers range from 51 owners per block in the Tākitimu district to 154 owners per block in the Waiariki district.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:  Crown Land  Crown Land Reserved for Māori  General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust)  General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust);  Ownership Only (ownership interests in secondary property rights such as easements, bird...

Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)

Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:  Crown Land  Crown Land Reserved for Māori  General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust)  General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust);  Ownership Only (ownership interests in secondary property rights such as easements, bird...

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)

  Search for an ownership user guide You can find help when searching in the Search for an ownership guide  here.

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ORGANISATION MEMBERS (TRUSTEES) Step 8 Below these sections, scroll down to access five tabs with further information, the tabs cover: • Ownership • Details • Review details • History • Documents Click through the headings to explore the additional information available and browse the associated ownership documents for the management structure.

How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-management-structure-v1-7.pdf (2.1 mb)

Instead, it creates a common ownership list across one or more blocks of land without amalgamating or dividing those blocks.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

The fact that a party to proceedings before the Māori Land Court is in receipt of Special Aid is not a barrier to costs being awarded against them. 26. In assessing costs against a party in receipt of funding from the Special Aid Fund, the Māori Appellate Court has stated:9 We consider that a grant of special aid is relevant to both stages of the inquiry on costs, being whether costs should be awarded, and if so, in what amount.

Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)

It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

If an owner of Māori freehold land in multiple ownership has paid more than their share of water services changes, they can apply to the Māori Land Court for a “charging order” to recover the excess amount paid.

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