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Because the work of the Māori Land Court is highly regulated by the governing legislation and rules of the Court, private mediators will need to be mindful that many settlement agreements will need formal orders of the Court. For example, a private mediation appointed by consent under the Act, cannot create an outcome whereby the parties have agreed to a change of status from Māori Land to General Land in their mediated agreement and expect that to be rubber stamped by the Court.
There are still enforcement issues with this process including the inability to bind third parties who are not privy to the arbitration agreement (such as banks where an order is sought freezing funds). The highlight of the Conference was hearing from His Royal Highness, Naruhito, the Crown Prince of Japan, who opened the conference.
In 2005 the Government provided over $30 million over a five year period to fund the Māori Freehold Land Project in a joint venture between the Māori Land Court, LINZ, the Ministry of Justice and TPK to ensure the registration of all Māori freehold land titles and orders with LINZ. This project was completed in March 2010.
Because the work of the Māori Land Court is highly regulated by the governing legislation and
rules of the Court, private mediators will need to be mindful that many settlement
agreements will need formal orders of the Court. For example, a private mediation appointed
by consent under the Act, cannot create an outcome whereby the parties have agreed to a
change of status from Māori Land to General Land in their mediated agreement and expect
that to be rubber stamped by the Cour...
For the Māori Land Court, our focus is on being able to progress the successions as quickly as we can in order to update the lists of successors so that meetings of successors can be called.
The owners may also need to consider whether a right of way is required in order to ensure proper access to the urupā. Any lessees of the block will have to be consulted with regard to the proposal as it may affect their use of the block.
The video toolkits include:
Meetings
Conflict and ethics
Financial Statements
Leadership
Leases
Risks
Trustee Duties
Vision and Strategy
Trust Order
View them here.
They displayed and utilised the many aspects of the Māori language and te ao Māori in order to bring together the people and to plant the seeds of hope and promise within the heart of the Māori nation.
