2024 02 29 Notification of Applications Over 6 months old in MLC MAC
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System.
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System.
He is a former Tumuaki Tāne of Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa, and chaired its Te Ture Whenua Māori Komiti.
Title reconstruction and improvement is covered by Part XIV of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Title reconstruction and improvement is covered by Part XIV of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
MĀORI (FREEHOLD) LAND Land for which the Māori Land Court has created a title and determined the beneficial owners to that land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
TITLE IMPROVEMENT Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Background Today, owners their whanau and hapu, the Māori Land Court staff and its judges have inherited a system of Māori land title that many have claimed to be inconsistent with Māori customary preferences.
There are 27,137 Māori freehold land titles and approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in those titles.
14. Where the title to the land is held by a Māori land trust or a Māori Incorporation, the mortgage has to be sent to the Māori Land Court’s Registrar for noting (ss 150A and 150B of the Act).
First, the report recommends that the law “provide transparent registration provisions for Māori land titles and assurance of title to reflect the nature of Māori land tenure as a collectively held tāonga tuku iho.”
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)