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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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The working list of potential owners was updated at a sitting of the Māori Land Court in Te Waipounamu on 26 April 2022, minute book 76 Te Waipounamu 246-311.

Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 mb)

Traditional whenua boundaries of hapū and whānau were changed and not all members were granted ownership. Individual land ownership made it easier for settlers to buy and sell land.

The lease or occupation license does not grant a title of ownership; this remains with the trust. Previously, leases and occupation licenses could only be issued up to 14 years, a timeframe that made it difficult to get finance to build on Māori reservation land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-supporting-housing-initiatives-web-version.pdf (66 kb)

After 18 months of hearings in Rotorua, 15 applications concerning the administration and utilisation of Utuhina No.3H No’s 2 & 3 Subdivision F will shortly be completed. The major ownership of the land (which has an area of 1.4011 ha situated in Whittaker Road, Rotorua) has been held since 1968 in a long-term testamentary trust for eight of the testator’s children and their descendants.

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However, a number of blocks of Māori land held in multiple ownership that are suitable for development are also without any governance entity.

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Shareholdings have become highly fractionated. Ownership lists grow exponentially generation by generation.

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Kāhore hoki e āhei ana te taiohi te rangatahi rānei ki te whakauru atu ki ngā kirimana 26, me whai kaitiaki rā anō rātou hei kaikōrero mō ā rātou hea.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-land-trusts-tereo.pdf (754 kb)

Holds the trust property, invests its funds and disposes of its assets, as the responsible trustees in writing direct; executes all documents and perform all such acts as the responsible trustees in direct writing. 12. A change of ownership of land gives the recipient of that interest the ownership and its associated rights (land may be vested in a trustee, or shares may be vested in another person). 13.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)

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)