Under s 23 of the 1865 Act the Court could vest blocks of land in tribes, but only if the block was larger than 5,000 acres.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Land interests remained in the name of my grandfather and my great-grandmother.
The third order determines that the additional area of land is in fact an accretion and is to be added to the other area and then comprise one block of land of 0.9241 hectares.
This speech will be about my role as a Judge of the Māori Land Court. However, because I became a Judge only a matter of weeks ago, I do not yet have many stories to share with you about my new job.
The original Hāwea-Wānaka Block was not available as settlement redress, so a substitute block of land located in Wānaka was negotiated.
If an owner with Māori Land interests is deceased, and a succession has not previously been dealt with by the Court or a Registrar, you can use this form to seek a determination from the Court as to those persons entitled to a deceased’s Māori Land interests and an order transferring the interests to those entitled.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2.pdf (392 kb)
In accordance with tikanga Māori there is no distinction to be drawn between whenua (land) that is dry and land that is covered by the sea.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Page 1 For more information visit www.justice.govt.nz/courts/maori-land-court MLC 02/14 -A1 For more information visit www.justice.govt.nz/courts/maori-land-court request for fee waiver, reduction or refund Mäori Land Court Fees Regulations 2013, Regulation 7(1)(a) document a1 Regulation 7(1)(a) what is this document for?
Use this form when transferring interests in Māori Land by sale or gift between owners in the same block, owners and their children or owners and any other member of the preferred class of alienee.
I am an uri of Te Ātiawa. My marae are Muru Raupatu at Bell Block and Waikawa Marae near Picton.
