Discussion on the (now completed) Māori Freehold Land Registration Project
01 Feb 2012 | NewsIts purpose was to register all outstanding Māori Land Court orders relating to Māori land ownership in LINZ.
Its purpose was to register all outstanding Māori Land Court orders relating to Māori land ownership in LINZ.
The Māori Land Court In 2003, the Minister of Māori Affairs applied to the Māori Land Court for an inquiry pursuant to s 29 TTWMA as to successors to the four remaining SILNA blocks.
She was sworn in as the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court in August 2023. Her appointment to this role marks the first time since 1865 that a woman has led the Māori Land Court bench.
The Act also refers to general land owned by Māori. Whenua Māori korehere Māori freehold land Māori freehold land has gone through the Māori Land Court (or what was known as the Native Land Court) to be divided into blocks and converted into freehold titles.
Step 3- Determination by the Māori Land Court (h) If mediation does not resolve the dispute, or the mediation is not completed within the stated timeframe for Step 2, then the parties may file relevant applications with the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)
Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (322 kb)
In contrast new ahu whenua trusts for the management of Māori freehold land are regularly set up through the Māori Land Court.
Kuputaka: this one is a bigger list of words used in the Māori Land Court, Māori Appellate Court, and Waitangi Tribunal.
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)