For information about granting confirmation of an instrument
of alienation1 or about transfers of whole blocks of Māori
land, please contact an MLC office.
It is impossible to be categorical about what
relationships may give rise to concern about impartiality, but close blood relationships or
domestic relationships are clearly disqualifying.
The drafters of the Act clearly
understood the dynamics of Māori land and Māori land owners.
Accordingly, under the Act the engaged owners presently make decisions about their
land through the legal structures of trusts and incorporations.