What the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project has done has been to provide an invaluable updated base of knowledge for a new generation of policy makers keen to review and improve the manner in which owners, their whanau or hapu hold title. 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 benef...
Having the ability to appoint up to two mediators is helpful, given that at times one single mediator may not necessarily have all of the relevant skills, particularly if there are a range of property law matters, together with issues of tikanga or where the parties wish to hold the mediation in te reo Māori. There may be occasions, for example whereby a sole mediator may have strengths in the law and property issues, but may not have the ability to manage tikanga issues that underline th...
Having the ability to appoint up to two mediators is helpful, given that at times one single
mediator may not necessarily have all of the relevant skills, particularly if there are a range of
property law matters, together with issues of tikanga or where the parties wish to hold the
mediation in te reo Māori. There may be occasions, for example whereby a sole mediator
may have strengths in the law and property issues, but may not have the ability to manage
tikanga issues that u...
Similarly, many
will hold shares in publicly listed companies. Generally, these interests will be such that
they are unlikely to be affected by a particular piece of litigation and they are commonly
disregarded.
Very
65, 30%
Neither poor
nor good
33, 15%
Don’t Know
33, 15%
Good
66, 31%
No
46, 21%
Don’t know
56, 26%
Yes
112, 52%
Neither poor
nor good
41, 19%
Poor
34, 16%
Good
51, 23%
Very Good
39, 18%Very Poor
49, 23%
Very Good
70, 32%
Moderately
52, 24%
Somewhat
35, 16%
Don’t know
41, 19%
Not at all
22, 10%
Not safe at all,
6, 3%
A little unsafe,
11, 5%
Refuse to Answer, 2, 1%
Don’t know
36, 16%
Moderately Safe
60, 28%
Very Safe
102, 47%
5% asked for a brief whakawhanaungatan...
How prescriptive do trust orders need to be to impose minimum standards of notice for the calling of a trust’s meetings for the purpose of holding an election? Once again, some of the larger, more sophisticated trusts have included in their trust orders reference to the specific newspapers that are to be used for notice purposes and the frequency with which the notice must run as well as reference to iwi radio and tribal newspapers for example.
Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the
descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries)
If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.
1
Notification of applications that have not
been finally determined
(over 6 months old)
31 May 2025
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule
5.
To support how the Māori Land Court functions, judges will be able to appoint experts
in tikanga Māori and whakapapa as additional members of the Court, and they can hold
judicial settlement conferences to assist parties to a dispute to settle a claim or issue.
