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The Act also refers to general land owned by Māori.
Whenua Māori korehere
Māori freehold landMāori freehold land has gone through the MāoriLandCourt (or what was known as the Native LandCourt) to be divided into blocks and converted into freehold titles.
Kaiwhakawā Wilson Isaac
Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu
Judge Wilson Isaac was appointed to the MāoriLandCourt on 11 March 1994, was appointed as Deputy Chief Judge of the MāoriLandCourt in 1999 and the Chief Judge of the MāoriLandCourt, and Chair of the Waitangi Tribunal on 13 August 2009.
Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of MāoriLand or the combined partition of Māori and General Land
to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.
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 MāoriLandCourt:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori
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 MāoriLandCourt:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori
Step 3- Determination by the MāoriLandCourt
(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 MāoriLandCourt.
Historically, most succession applications were heard by a
MāoriLandCourt judge.
Now, if your succession application is assessed to be ‘simple
and uncontested’, then it can be decided by a MāoriLandCourt registrar without a court sitting (unless you request to
be heard by a judge in a court sitting).
FEE: $ 228.00
CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
List of owners, trustees and their addresses
Statement setting out how the alienee is a member of one of the preferred classes of alienees (if applicable),
including any necessary whakapapa details
Roll valuation or special valuation of the land and any improvements to it by a registered valuer (as applicable)
MĀORILANDCOURT CONTACT DETAILS
Applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the MāoriL...
