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A formal document, signed by a judge or senior court official and stamped with
the court’s official seal, to give effect to a decision of a judge of the court.
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MĀORI RESERVATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori
land.
That process was outside of the marae
and a decision had to be made to provide finality.
If the iwi come to a Court for a resolution, then in my view it is incumbent on us to make a decision, as
the parties have ended up in Court, fully cognisant that by being there, the ultimate decision is no longer
theirs to be made, and that it is now a matter for the Court to decide.
First, they have had tensions over many years, which have been the consequence of a long-term trust over multiply-owned Māori land, which have had to be heard in the High Court.
For instance, a search
for ‘wāhi tapu’ will return relevant decisions from
the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court,
Employment Court, Environment Court, and the
Māori Land Court.
Incorporations run more independently of the normal
court processes that apply to trusts. However significant
or long-term decisions do need the Court’s confirmation
or approval (See section 150B Te Ture Whenua Māori
Act 1993)(such as land sales or long-term leases, etc).
Greg Shaw | just wanted to say n the application filed | ve mentioned the intention was
to begin inspections next week and your Honour we ve been working very hard to do that
However the number of inspections has grown substantially with the inclusion of the
unadministered land which 1s approximately 680 blocks In fact its over doubled the
amount of inspection work and as a consequence its slightly complicated the organisation
of the work | can advise your Honour we are looking at potentially th...
When one adds to the mix the underlying principles of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 – namely of land retention and land utilisation, in effect two competing principles – then the challenges facing Māori land owners and the Māori Land Court can be quite difficult. How can we make a difference with the development of Māori land?