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.
A composite title is issued to
each house owner, comprising:
(a) the freehold share of the lessee in the
whole block, and
(b) the leasehold interest of the lessee in the
individual site.
10 A person bound to deal with property on
behalf of the owners or beneficiaries.
He taitara
hanga ka whiwhi ki ia kaipupuri e kī ana:
(a) He hea wātea nā te tangata rīhi kei
roto i te poraka
(b) He rīhi tūturu motuhake ki te pito
whenua rā.
11 He tangata whai mana ki te whakahaere
rawa nō ngā kaipupuri me ngā kaiwhiwhi.
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).
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...
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.
