ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print) ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.mäorilandcourt.govt.nz www.mäorilandonline.govt.nz FEBRUARY | HUI-TANGURU 2023 The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being conducted in, and applications received by, the Mäori Land Court.
Documents/Panui/1213222-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-February-2023-web2.pdf (752 kb)
In the case of Māori land, it is the person(s) entitled to succeed to the Māori land who succeed to both interests.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
These reports can provide information about a land block and can help you: find out where the whenua is — you’ll be able to see the boundaries of the land and find it on the map see aerial photos of the whenua as it looks now find out about the environment, economy, and climate where the whenua is get information about the whenua itself — about the soil, water, slope, and vegetation.
The completed summary will be referred to a Judge who may direct further enquiries to be made, or notice of the application to be given to other people who may be interested in, or be affected by, the application.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
Thank you Utuhina and the Court in Waiariki for your contribution to the evolution of effective structures to administer and utilise multiply-owned Māori land.
Ngā utu tono Application fees Find out what fees you'll need to pay for your application.
If your application type is not listed, you will need to complete a manual application form. The forms are available to print via the Māori Land Court website.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
Whakapapa of any person who is receiving shares in Māori land. Explanatory Notes Where undivided interests or shares in Māori land are to be exchanged the Court has no power to make an order unless the person receiving the shares in a block is either - (i) a child or remoter issue of the owner in that block of the shares to be exchanged, or (ii) a descendant of any former owner who is or was a member of the hapū associated with the land
Any owner or interested person may use this form to apply to the Court to call or direct the Registrar to call a meeting of assembled owners for any Māori Freehold land or General Land owned by Māori to consider 1 or more resolutions for those matters set out in section 172 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (attached as a schedule to this form) Office use: Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED Dated: ........................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (88 kb)
The eyes were picked out of Aotearoa’s available land by successive Native Land Court regimes and rapidly converted to European land in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
