The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 introduces new provisions that allow owners of Māori land and water service providers to appeal to the Māori Land Court over decisions about access to Māori land for water infrastructure.
The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 introduces new provisions that allow owners of Māori land and water service providers to appeal to the Māori Land Court over decisions about access to Māori land for water infrastructure.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP18 10:00 AM AP-20230000024997 19/93 173/93 Jacinda Flavell Whakapoungakau 7A Māori Reservation - Injunction and Summon a meeting of owners to replace trustees SP19 10:00 AM AP-20230000033073 173/93 Kereama Pene Whakapoungakau No.7B No.2 block - Summon a meeting of owners to appoint new trustees WAIARIKI PĀNUI
Documents/Panui/7.-Special-Waiariki-2-December-2024.pdf (138 kb)
TAKE NOTICE that Philip Seymour has made application to the Māori Land Court at Te Waipounamu for a meeting of assembled owners seeking a partition of the Otonga 3 block.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Otonga-3-hui-panui-update.pdf (215 kb)
Therefore, they will succeed to the land even if they do not have a blood connection to the owners.
This is the position that the Māori Land Court took in Tautari v Mahanga41 where Judge Ambler stated; “Clearly many owners feel whanaungatanga to both owners.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
External link Māori Assembled Owners Regulations 1995 Sets out the rules on how a meeting of owners of Māori land must be held, how it is recorded and how the outcomes are reported.
This form may be used by the executor(s)/administrator(s) of an estate to certify those persons entitled to the Māori freehold land interests held by the estate, and/or in the case of a deceased Māori, any General Land intrests.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (263 kb)
When the land has many owners, it’s important that the costs are shared fairly among everyone.
S Blocks without a management structure have an average size of 15.39ha and average 45 owners. S Overall, an average Māori land block has a size of 53.06ha and 114 owners.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
