Contents
Mihi ii
Foreword iv
by the Minister for Māori Development, Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
Foreword v
by the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, Wilson Isaac
Foreword vi
by the Secretary for Justice, Andrew Bridgman
Acknowledgements vii
Section 1 10
Historical Foundations of the Court 1862-1890s
“Ōku waewae kāinga”
Section 2 46
The Evolution of the Court in the 20th Century
“Toitū te kupu, toitū te mana, toitū te whenua”
Section 3 84
Leadership of the Court 1980-2009...
Ngā tāngata ka whai hua mai i te
whenua rāhui
Ko ngā tāngata ka whai hua i raro i tēnei
āhuatanga, ko ngā mema o tētahi, o ētahi
hapū 4, he rōpū Māori rānei. Ka āhei anō te
whakataha whenua rāhui Māori mō ētahi atu
rōpū whānui, he iwi kāinga, ā, mō ngā iwi
katoa o Aotearoa.
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.
Kei ngā tari katoa o te Kooti
Whenua Māori ngā pepa tono.
1 Te rangatiratanga, te mana pupuri whenua
tūturu me ngā pepa e whakaatu ana i taua
mana i raro i te ture.
2 He tangata e tika ana i raro i te ture kia
whiwhi ki ngā hea o te tangata kua mate.
3 He tangata kua tohua, kua whai mana mai
i te Kooti Teitei ki te whakahaere me te
tohatoha i ngā rawa a te tangata kua mate,
ina tohua e te Kooti Teitei he kaitohatoha,
ka tukua e te kooti he momo reta
kaiwhakahaere (ko...
Māori
land is deemed to be held “in common”
unless otherwise determined by the Court.
5
4
instance, they may own block a and also
have an interest in block B.
Footnotes
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Taitara 1 hanga tuarua me
te whakahou
Kei te wāhanga 288 o te Ture e whakatakoto
ana ngā take hei titiro mā te Kooti Whenua
Māori e pā ana ki te tono whakawehe 2,
whakahono 3, me te whakakotahi 4.
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.
(Land may be vested in a trustee, or shares may be vested
in another person.)
4. An administrative structure similar to a company for managing Māori land vested
in it by the Māori Land Court.
5.
Consult the lessee(s), if any
You must get written consent of your proposal from the
lessee(s).
4. Consult a surveyor
Get cost estimates to survey the land.
5.
When the High Court appoints a person to administer the estate of a deceased
person (generally where there is no will or if the will does not name an executor),
the Court’s authority for that person to act is given in a grant of letters of
administration.
4. To postpone a court sitting, or any meeting, to another date and/or location
