As a result, from time to time the MāoriLandCourt receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
The MāoriLandCourt is conducting an
inquiry to establish the successors to SILNA lands pursuant to Section 29, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 in accordance
with an application filled by the Minister of Māori Affairs, currently under application A20180009373.
Trustee duties
Ngā mōhiotanga
Acquaintance
As a trustee you need to know:
what is being administered by the trust (any land or other assets of the trust)
the terms of trust (your powers and responsibilities under the trustorder)
all the issues affecting the trust.
Former Chief MāoriLandCourt Judge, who then became a
Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land;
Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as
members of it.
The MāoriLandCourt In 2003, the Minister of Māori Affairs applied to the MāoriLandCourt for an inquiry pursuant to s 29 TTWMA as to successors to the four remaining SILNA blocks.