Reflections after nearly 20 years as a Māori Land Court
01 Nov 2013 | NewsIt did this in the belief that hundreds of farms could be created. Huge amounts of time and money were expended but then it was discovered that no farms could be created.
It did this in the belief that hundreds of farms could be created. Huge amounts of time and money were expended but then it was discovered that no farms could be created.
There have, of course, been numerous ahu whenua trust orders with composite whānau trust-administered areas created since Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 gave statutory recognition to shareholdings within blocks according to discrete whakapapa groups.
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 36 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz APPLICATION TO CONSTITUTE A WHĀNAU TRUST Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 214 Form 36 Rule 12.3 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a...
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Alternatively, a subdivision can be created by partition order through the Māori Land Court.
The rapid pace of Treaty settlements has created challenges for the Tribunal, and the number of the applications in the Māori Land Court continues to rise as well.
The Māori Land Court can grant rights of way at the time a title is created with the consent of all landowners at that time.
Tākitimu PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Hastings Hastings District Court, 106 Eastbourne Street West, Hastings Tuesday 5 September 2023 Judge D H Stone PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP1 12:00 PM AP-20230000021633 315/93 Peter Pitiroi Robin Lewis Neera George Morris Huia Whyte-Pu...
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By doing this, your whānau members’ wishes about their land can be taken into account. This application will determine who is entitled to receive the land interests and the judge/registrar will provide an order transferring the interests to them.
To support the use of te reo Māori in court, Judge Alana Thomas has created a kuputaka of legal terms in te reo Māori.
You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust) succession orders (names of successors to an estate) vesting orders (transfers of shares in Māo...