Reflections after nearly 20 years as a Māori Land Court
01 Nov 2013 | NewsThere are shareholdings in that block fractionated down to 4,000ths. The block itself is only about 5 hectares in size.
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Otonga 3
Notice of Hui
16 Aug 2025, 14:00
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Events
TAKE NOTICE that Philip Seymour has made application to the Māori Land Court at Te Waipounamu for a meeting of assembled owners seeking a partition of the Otonga 3 block. The block is situated on Rēkohu/Wharekauri/Chatham Islands.
Final advert Whakapoungakau hui final
Second notice • Will be advertised on 31 July ▪ Confirming the date, times, and venue for all the hui, and include ▪ The names of the nominees for each of the blocks Nomination Forms: Can be accessed at https://we.tl/t-WNi2NsAMTe or by request to the case manager.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Final-advert-Whakapoungakau-hui-final.pdf (115 kb)
Toitoi SILNA Block - Outstanding Original Owners
21 Jan 2025 | NewsThe Māori Land Court is conducting an inquiry into the entitled successors of the Toitoi SILNA block as part of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement.
MLC 2014 Jun Judges Corner Ambler J
The unengaged owners are not the problem the report imagines For a significant number of blocks of multiply-owned Māori land today, the engaged owners are a minority of the owners.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Te uru ki tō whenua
Access your land
It must be maintained by the owners and beneficiaries and use of the road may be restricted to the owners of the roadway block, the owners of any blocks of land serviced by the roadway, or a combination of both.
MLC Form 3 Accompany application
Page 1 MLC 07/24 - 3 The Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand (Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which the application was lodged) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu NOTICE OF APPLICATION SUBJECT OF APPLICATION - BLOCK / DECEASED / OTHER MATTER: (Please state name and block number of land, Māori incorporation, person or other matter in respect of which the applica...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-3-Accompany-application.pdf (107 kb)
Taonga tuku iho
The court record
The court record holds information about current and historic ownership of Māori land, including block and trust information, minutes, and orders.
Whakahaerehia ō whenua
Manage your land
Interest based trusts hold interests (or shares in Māori land blocks, while ‘land based’ trusts may manage a Māori land block or blocks on behalf of landowners.
Te whakatū i tētahi tarati, kaporeihana whenua rānei
Set up a trust or incorporation
The benefits of an ahu whenua trust include: a greater opportunity to use the land trustees can be appointed to administer and manage the block owners can participate in meetings and decisions about the direction of the trust the trust becomes the single point of contact for the block, and the trust is a legal entity and trustees can set up a bank account to hold any funds for the beneficiaries.