E mārama ana Te Kooti Whenua
Māori ki te hononga motuhake a te Māori ki
te whenua, nā reira kei te puritia e tēnei kooti
ngā kōrero kāmehameha e pā ana ki ngā
whakapapa o ngā Māori katoa. Ko te mana o
te Kooti Whenua Māori ka taka mai ki raro i te
korowai o te Ture Whenua Māori 1993 (e kīia
nei i roto i tēnei pukapuka ko ‘te Ture’).
Tuia ki te rangi Tuia ki te whenua Tuia ki te moana Tuia te here tāngata E rongo te pō, e rongo te ao
Tuia i te muka tangata i takea mai i Hawaiki Nui i Hawaiki Roa i Hawaiki Pāmamao
Te hono ā-wairua Ka puta mai ki te whai ao Ki te ao mārama Tihei mauri ora
E ngā iwi o te motu, rarau mai rā ki Te Kooti Whenua Māori e tawharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero
Tēnei māua ka mihi ki ō koutou kāwai whakapapa tapu e hora atu nei
Tēnei māua ka mihi ki ngā tini...
It also holds information about the whakapapa of landowners. It includes:
Court files (the physical and electronic application file that holds all documents and correspondence about a matter in the Court)
Minute books (the physical copy of all conversations and decisions made by the Court)
Court orders (the decisions made by a Registrar or the Court)
Instruments of alienation (the legal tool used to make changes to a land block)
Block order files (the physical record of all dealings...
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Dispute resolution service
Apply for dispute resolution
Mediator list Ko te whakapapa te ara ki ō mātua tūpuna
It is your connections to each other that keep you connected to your ancestors Dispute Resolution Service
Our dispute resolution service is a free, voluntary, tikanga-informed process where parties can resolve disputes related to Māori land confidentially, outside of a court setting.
In your application include:
• all names the deceased was known by (such as birth, maiden, married names, and any other
aliases)
• whakapapa information, including parents, siblings etc
• names and contact details of children or next of kin.
There have, of course, been numerous ahu whenua trust orders with composite whānau trust-administered areas created since Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 gave statutory recognition to shareholdings within blocks according to discrete whakapapa groups. These trust orders have provided opportunities for whānau to do their own thing with coordination through the ahu whenua trust in their dealings with each other and with third parties.
