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The Honourable Willie Jackson, Minister for Māori Development made a formal announcement on 22 March 2023:   New appointment to Māori Land Court bench | Beehive.govt.nz My congratulations, and congratulations on behalf of the Māori Land Court, to Judge Thomas.

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The Māori Land Court are facilitating Paneke (formally known as clinics) in Nelson.

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The Māori Land Court are facilitating Paneke (formally known as clinics) in Blenheim.

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Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)

Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.

Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)

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.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)

Of the approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in Māori land, anecdotal evidence indicates that about half of these interests are held by deceased persons; many land interests are owned by the same person under multiple names; and many owners live far from their land and, in some cases, do not know they are owners of Māori land at all.

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Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.

Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)

For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owne...

Documents/Panui/May-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (2.8 mb)

Māori custom. 10. The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)