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All applications were migrated to Pātaka Whenua and given a new application reference number. Accordingly, some applications appear with both the Pātaka Whenua application reference and the MLIS reference number.
All applications were migrated to Pātaka Whenua and given a new application reference number. Accordingly, some applications appear with both the Pātaka Whenua application reference and the MLIS reference number.
All applications were migrated to Pātaka Whenua and given a new application reference number. Applications are grouped by District and include the new and old application reference number, the date on which the application was received by the Court, the subject of the application, the authority under which the application is made and the applicant(s).
On this page Māori Land Update Block and trust information Māori Incorporation Register Māori Land Update Our Māori Land Update is released annually and provides: the number of customary and freehold titles of Māori land the number and types of management structures and the size of the land they are responsible for managing.
The benefits of an incorporation include: the ability to establish and run commercial operations for maximum financial benefit to the shareholders the application of a corporate model to the management of Māori land autonomy from the normal Māori Land Court practices that apply to trusts, and voting and resolutions by shareholders are based on the number of shares held, rather than the number of votes received.
Trusts (Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents) Rohe # Trusts # Blks with Trusts # Blks no Trusts Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha) Taitokerau 1,088 1,459 3,940 88,704.9389 (60%) 59,204.1327 (40%) Waikato Maniapoto 1,293 1,613 2,115 95,537....
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Trusts (Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents) Rohe # Trusts # Blks with Trusts # Blks no Trusts Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha) Taitokerau 1,088 1,459 3,940 88,704.9389 (60%) 59,204.1327 (40%) Waikato Maniapoto 1,293 1,613 2,115 95,537....
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
On 23 March 2020, Chief Judge Isaac released a protocol advising that all scheduled Māori Land Court hearings and other events would be adjourned, to be rescheduled once we ceased to be at Level 4. 2 Any applications for urgent injunctive or other relief filed with the Court during this period were directed to the Chief Judge to address. A significant number of applications were adjourned during this period - in April alone approximately 500 cases were notified in the National Pānui, a...
In some instances this is because the land has only one or just a few owners, or because the land is unsuitable for any form of development and owners have decided to leave it in its natural state. However, a number of blocks of Māori land held in multiple ownership that are suitable for development are also without any governance entity.
This is an important provision given that there will always be a number of potential conflicts of interest in the Māori world.
This is an important provision given that there will always be a number of potential conflicts of interest in the Māori world.