Often this was at the request of the owners, who wanted to have their land split up into smaller sections so it could be better managed for farming, or divided into house sites, marae reserves and so on. Sometimes investigation of title and partitioning were simultaneous processes.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
These can range from community and social initiatives, marae, heritage, environment activities, health research and individuals with disabilities.
The income usually goes to pay those concerned with the management of the land with the balance being used to awhi marae or to provide education grants and kaumatua grants.
Ngā puka taupānga me te puka Tarahiti Succession and Trust application forms External link Form 20: Certificate by administrator Rule 10.2(3), Sections 111 or 113 (PDF 85 kb) External link Form 21: Succession (grant of administration) Rule 10.2(2)(a), Sections 113 and 117 (PDF 865 kb) External link Form 22: Succession (no grant of administration) Rule 10.2(1),(2), Sections 113 and 118 (PDF 617 kb) External link Form 23: Application for whānau trust...
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...
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Māori Reservations that are set aside as a Marae are required to have a Charter agreed between the trustees and the people for whom the Marae is reserved.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Setting aside new urupā A number of well established principles in relation to Māori reservations have been developed by the Court – these principles apply to urupā reservations as much as to marae or papakāinga. When the owners or trustees of a block of land make an application to set aside an urupā reservation over land that has not previously been used for burials, the applicants will need to show that they have called a well-notified meeting of the owners to discuss the proposal wit...
Whenua Māori governance Describe your understanding of matters relating to trusts, incorporations, succession, marae structures and governance, and Māori reservations issues.
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-application-form.pdf (2 mb)
PÄNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 9 A20220016008 118(6)/93 Deputy Registrar Doreen Matthews - Succession (further interests) 10 A20220016415 118(6)/93 George Matthews Graham Ngahina Matthews - Succession (further interests) 11 A20220016562 98(9)/93 Deputy Registrar s40/93 - Ratana Pa Reserves Trust (A20220010064) - Application for special aid to engage Local Gecko Productions Kohi-Tätea / JANUARY 2023 - NATIONAL PÄNUI 3 AOTEA continued PÄNUI NO: APPLICATION N...
pwd=ZGpGUkE2MjNEYW1tRStack1haFZKZz09 Meeting ID: 865 1019 2526 | Passcode: 562788 Thursday 20 April 2023 | Judge A H C Warren Presiding Applications for Hearing PÄNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 46 10:00AM A20220012572 118/93 Aroha Hazel, Neha Ned Katene Jean Katene - Succession 47 10:05AM A20230002662 151/93, 175/93 Kirk Michael Myers, Ellie Kate Myers Ngatihaua 26A2 - Confirmation of resolution of assembled owners 48 10:10AM A20230002443 215/93 Deputy...
