As a result, progress was intermittent in the period 2009–2017. This was compounded by the impact of the Canterbury earthquakes and the re-structure of the Māori Land Court in 2016-2017.
This provision can be used to vest 7 the dwelling site in a husband and wife or civil union partner or de facto partner as joint tenants 8, or as tenants in common 9, in equal shares.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
This provision can be used to vest 7 the dwelling site in a husband and wife or civil union partner or de facto partner as joint tenants 8, or as tenants in common 9, in equal shares.
In such circumstances the Māori Land Court will usually have no difficulty in granting a recommendation that such land be given reservation status.
The most common governance entity is the ahu whenua trust, of which there are now over 5,500 in existence. This tells us that we have many Māori in various governance roles, in various governance structures, performing at various levels.
This application form has been modified specifically for use in determining the successors for South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Lands in accordance with Part 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement.
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
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)
This model for the utilisation of multiply-owned Māori land had its origins in Taitokerau in 1989 where, under s 438 of the Māori Affairs Act 1953, a block was vested in a trust with exclusive use areas identified in a schedule to the trust order for whānau shareholding groups.
Trustees are appointed by the Māori Land Court under the jurisdiction set out in s 222 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. In making appointments two crucial criteria must be considered.
For me personally, there were times in my legal career when I wanted to toss it in.
