Discussion on Māori Governance
01 Feb 2013 | NewsWe have many of our people who are shareholders in multiply-owned land wanting to hold governance positions.
We have many of our people who are shareholders in multiply-owned land wanting to hold governance positions.
But the real challenge remains what it has always been for us all – the administration of Māori land and the delivery of services in accordance with the aspirations or rangatiratanga of Māori to retain, utilise and develop their land for the benefit of the owners, their whanau and hapu in accordance with their own cultural preferences.
YES NO 8. We produce our own draft order; OR YES NO We wish to use the Court’s standard trust order.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (204 kb)
Most professional mediators will have their own standard Agreement to Mediate, which sets out the rules of the mediation and the basis of the mediator’s appointment.
Of the approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in Māori land, anecdotal evidence indicates that about half of these interests are held by deceased persons; many land interests are owned by the same person under multiple names; and many owners live far from their land and, in some cases, do not know they are owners of Māori land at all.
Most professional mediators will have their own standard Agreement to Mediate, which sets out the rules of the mediation and the basis of the mediator’s appointment.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Judges-Corner-Article-by-Judge-Aidan-Warren-on-Dispute-Resolution2.pdf (154 kb)
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Documents/Panui/0825522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-October-2022-web22.pdf (589 kb)
Occupation orders An occupation order allows people to build houses on Māori freehold and general land owned by Māori. Before 6 February 2021 A beneficiary of a whānau trust is not able to apply for an occupation order to use trust land for housing purposes.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Amendments-to-Te-Ture-Whenua-Maori-Act-1993-December-2020.pdf (891 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. Apart from the general principles underlying the statute, and the general objectives that the Court must take account of, there is very little guidance in Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 as to the matters the Court should consider when deciding whether to set aside land as a new urupā....
The Court will consider the views of the whānau involved in the succession, whether there is a blood connection between the whāngai child and the parent(s) whose who owns the interests, and when the whāngai child came into the care of that parent.