Shareholders need to carefully choose suitable people and should ensure that the committee members have appropriate skills to protect the assets and provide a return to the shareholders. 1 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).
Shareholders need to carefully choose suitable people and should ensure that the committee members have appropriate skills to protect the assets and provide a return to the shareholders. 1 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/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
Apply online Download the application form Amalgamation An amalgamation merges Māori land blocks together to create a new block with common ownership.
Step 8 Below these sections, scroll down to access five tabs with further information, the tabs cover: • Ownership • Details • Review details • History • Documents Click through the headings to explore the additional information available and browse the associated ownership documents for the management structure
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-management-structure-v1-5.pdf (2 mb)
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/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
If an owner of Māori freehold land in multiple ownership has paid more than their share of water services changes, they can apply to the Māori Land Court for a “charging order” to recover the excess amount paid.
Traditional whenua boundaries of hapū and whānau were changed and not all members were granted ownership. Individual land ownership made it easier for settlers to buy and sell land.
Search tips using the ownership Exact Match Search screen You can find help when searching on the Exact Match Search screen in the Search for ownership guide here.
In his classic book Māori Land Tenure (1977) Sir Hugh Kawharu wrote that the system of Māori land tenure created by the Native Lands Act of 1865 was an ‘engine of destruction for any tribe’s tenure of land, anywhere’ (p 15).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
This will make it easier to build on Māori reservation land. OCCUPATION ORDER: An occupation order provides the right to build on a piece of land owned by multiple owners (but does not grant a title of ownership over that piece of land).
