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STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
February 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 10th of December 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry o...
TRANSFERRING SHARES TO FACILITATE PARTITION
If owners of Māori land shares agree or arrange to allot
shares on a partition, the MLC may make a vesting order to
give effect to the agreement. Section 164 of the Act applies.
7. 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.
8.
The beneficiaries are called the beneficial
owners.
8. Common term for a trust order is a trust deed, which is the term used in the
Trusts Act 2019.
9.
• Any revenue from the lease or licence must be used as
directed by the MLC.
Section 150A of the Act (as amended by section 24 of
Te Ture Whenua Māori Amendment Act 2002) requires any
lease for longer than 52 years to have the consent of at least
half the beneficial owners of the land and the approval of the
MLC.
One case where it did so was the Te
Ahuaturanga block in the Wairarapa, a block
of 21,000 acres in the Wairarapa, vested by Judge
Rogan in the Rangitāne iwi on 8 September
1870.
