Transferring shares to trustees
Māori landshares can be transferred, by a
vesting order, to a trustee from a person who
owns, or is entitled to own, Māori landshares.
Transferring shares to trustees
Māori landshares can be transferred, by a
vesting order, to a trustee from a person who
owns, or is entitled to own, Māori landshares.
Succession to sharesShares in a Māori incorporation are deemed
to be shares in Māori land, and succession is
arranged in the same way as for Māori land.
Succession to sharesShares in a Māori incorporation are deemed
to be shares in Māori land, and succession is
arranged in the same way as for Māori land.
Important Note: If an undivided interest in land i.e. shares in a block is being transferred, section 148 of the Act requires the transferee to be a member of
the preferred classes of alienees which comprise –
• A child or remoter issue of the transferor.
• Whanaunga who are associated in accordance with tikanga Māori with the land.
• An owner in the land who is a member of the hapü associated with the land.
• A trustee of a person belonging to 1 to 3 above....
Read our separate factsheet Transferring Māori LandShares for more information. To download it, go online to
maorilandcourt.govt.nz/about-mlc/publications
SUCCESSION TO SHARESShares in a Māori incorporation are deemed to be shares in
Māori land, and succession is arranged in the same way as for
Māori land.
Whakapapa of any person who is receiving shares in Māori land.
Explanatory Notes
Where undivided interests or shares in Māori land are to be exchanged the Court has no power to make an order
unless the person receiving the shares in a block is either -
(i) a child or remoter issue of the owner in that block of the shares to be exchanged, or
(ii) a descendant of any former owner who is or was a member of the hapū associated with the land, or...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP2 10:30 AM AP-20240000004644 113/93
118/93
Patrick Rata
Francis Quinn
Waitai Rata Harrison - Succession
SP3 10:30 AM AP-20230000022652 239/93 Te Tumu
Paeroa on
behalf of the
Māori Trustee
Taieri A Sec 22 – Appoint Stephen
Bryant as advisory trustee
SP4 10:30 AM AP-20230000034460 239/93 Matai Te Ūkaipō
Whānau Trust
Matai Te Ūkaipō Whānau Trust -
Replace Joseph Ross Taurima, Alex
Taurima and Loanna Rose Smiler
(resigned) with Carmen Ja...
Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land
to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.