Kaitiaki whenua tōpū
He ritenga kaitiaki ā-iwi 5 ā-hapū 6 rānei.
I whakatūria tēnei hei whakarite hei
whakahaere i ngā tikanga o te whenua hei
painga mō te iwi, mō te hapū hoki.
If it is and no one objects to your
application, it can be decided by a registrar. If you would
prefer your application to be heard by a judge in court, you
can indicate this on the application form.
But this was understood at the time to be
temporary. The applicants said that they had
‘agreed to dispose of this land to the Pakehas’
and a few days later the block was reallocated
by the Court to ten named owners.
If
the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners can apply
to the MLC to:
• try and resolve issues through mediation using the Court’s
dispute resolution service
• review the terms, operation or other aspects of the trust
• add, replace or remove trustees
• investigate the trust
• enforce the terms of the trust
• vary the terms of the trust
• terminate the trust.
An application to the MLC needs to be filed on the relevant
application form and accompanied by the app...
Ngā Pānui Mai i Te Whakamāene – Special Applications
The earlier part of the reporting year saw a team focus on progressing new applications to
Court in a timely fashion in conjunction with progressing our oldest on hand applications (being
those applications on the team filed in 2013 or earlier).
He holds governance and advisory roles across several iwi and hapū entities, with experience spanning governance, commercial strategy, Public Works Act matters, property negotiations, and valuation advisory work.
If you have a current application in the Māori Land Court which is being delayed by a dispute, you can ask for your application to be put on hold while you go through the dispute resolution process.