ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION TYPES BY SECTION NATIONAL PĀNUI January | Kohi-tātea 2025 2 Summary of General Statutory Provisions The following table provides a brief description of the most common sections in this document.
Trustees must consent to their nomination and have the support of the beneficiaries 10. They cannot be finally appointed until a gazette notice has been issued formally establishing the Māori reservation. 1 In broad terms, land that is not Māori land and is not Crown land (see next item). 2 The Crown refers to the Queen, who is the head of state of New Zealand.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
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 19...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Ka āhei anō te whakataha whenua Karauna 2 mēnā ka whai wāriu hītori, wairua, ka ngākaunuitia rānei e te Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-tereo.pdf (387 kb)
Those people are called successors 2 and the process is called succession. Successors are then entitled to make decisions about the use of that land for their benefit and for the benefit of future generations.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
Ko aua tāngata ka whiwhi nei ki ēnei hea ko ngā uri, ngā kaiwhiwhi 2, ko te tikanga tuku nei i ngā pānga whenua, ngā hea, ko te ‘Mana Tuku’.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-tereo.pdf (1.2 mb)
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).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
Poutūterangi 2010 Nā Adrian Heke te whakaahua 2 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.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-tereo.pdf (349 kb)
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.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
A subtribe or kin group that is linked by a common ancestor. 9. Māori custom. 10. The owner of a beneficial interest in land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
