The underlying legal theory is referred to today as ‘Crown pre-emption’, and was reflected in Article 2 of the Treaty of Waitangi, local ordinances, and government land purchasing practice.
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)
Wehenga ā-rōpū Ka whai hua he kaipupuri, he rōpū kaipupuri whenua rānei mēnā ka honoa ā rātou rawa, mēnā e rua ngā poraka whenua ka whakakotahitia hei poraka kotahi, arā mēnā nō rātou a poraka a, ā, ka whai pānga anō rātou ki roto i te poraka B. Ka āhei rātou ki te tono mō tētahi wehenga ā-rōpū ki te Kooti Whenua Māori, mēnā ka whakaae ētahi atu o ngā kaipupuri o ngā poraka e rua, kāti kua hangaia ko poraka Z. i roto i ngā take wehenga katoa, me āta whai i ngā huarahi tuku ton...
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)
Alienation involves an alienee (the person who purchases or receives the interest in the land) and an alienor (the person who sells or parts with the interest in the land). 2. Land whose beneficial ownership the Māori Land Court has determined by freehold order (that is, the Court has created a title for the land and determined the beneficial owners to that land).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
See Part 12 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. 2. The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial (tribal) boundaries. 3.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
The beneficiaries are called the beneficial owners. 2. Before 6 February 2021, Māori reservations were established by notice in the New Zealand Gazette.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
