The beneficiaries hold their individual shares in the land as beneficial owners. Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 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)
They document not only the statutory functions of the Court of record in New Zealand but also reflect the political and social climate affecting Māori and legislation relating to Māori. Many of the records covered by this report provide evidence of the legal status, rights, interests and entitlements of individuals relating to current and former Māori Land, the whakapapa of Māori land owners and the general characteristics, use and occupation of...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
It would help if Māori land owners let the Court know their addresses when they move.
WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? Any owner or interested person may use this form to apply to the Court to call or direct the Registrar to call a meeting of assembled owners for any Māori Freehold land or General Land owned by Māori to consider 1 or more resolutions for those matters set out in section 172 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (attached as a schedule to this form) Office use: Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED Dated: ......................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (88 kb)
That Court agreed with the Māori Land Court and ordered a further meeting of owners but endorsed the Māori Appellate Court’s decision that all of the trustees were eligible for reappointment.
This form may be used to apply to the Court to confirm one or more resolutions passed by owners in Māori Freehold Land or General Land owned by Māori who together are members of the same family and who have taken the opportunity to meet together following a family gathering (such as tangi, wedding or reunion).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (105 kb)
This form should be used to seek Court confirmation of a resolution passed at a property called meeting of Assembled Owners under section 173 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-33-Confirmation-of-resolution.pdf (94 kb)
The MLC operates under the provisions of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (‘the Act’). Definition of succession Māori land is owned by either one owner or several owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
As a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
