There are not many options for people wishing to build on papakāinga reservations but who need to borrow in order to do so. However, it is possible to make application to the Court to have an area excluded from a reservation pursuant to section 338(5), and then to set up an ahu whenua trust in relation to the excluded area with the object of allowing housing development to take place.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Mäori Land Court and Mäori Appellate Court 66 NATIONAL PÄNUI - Here-Turi-Kökä / AUGUST 2023 APPLICATION NO...
Documents/Panui/MoJ-National-Panui-August-2023-CR-APP.pdf (215 kb)
You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust) succession orders (names of successors to an estate) vesting ord...
(ii) That persons entitled to succeed are correctly listed in this application. (iii) That there are no disputes as to succession or issues to be settled before an order can be made.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (370 kb)
A huge effort has also been made to deal with aged section 45 applications, resulting in most being ordered or subject to reserve judgment.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
(vii) Additional information – if you find that there is not enough room on the form to provide all the information you need to supply continue your application on a separate sheet of paper. CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED Death Certificate or other evidence as to death (see note (i) above) Original or certified copy of the Will Written confirmation to surrender lifetime right (where applicable) Consents to succession by whāngai (where applicable) Minutes of meeting a...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (371 kb)
The use of a resource, therefore, required permission from the associated deity. In this order, all things were seen to come from the gods and the ancestors as recorded in whakapapa.
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If they have possession of the land they will have, in most cases, an Occupation Order or a leasing arrangement with the owners.
This application will determine who is entitled to receive the land interests and the judge/registrar will provide an order transferring the interests to them.
The “exceptional initiatives” (as I term them) that do require Court orders are sales, long-term leases, change of status, title reconstruction and improvement, and occupation orders.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
