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.
The forms are available to print via the Māori Land Court website. A link to this is also provided in the banner shown above the selection box.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
Former Judge Patrick Savage reflects on the past 20 years in the Māori Land Court. He discusses the changes and facts over this time.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 7 11:30 AM AP-20240000005065 239/93 Patricia Jane Maunsell Hirini Manihera & Pati Manihera Whanau Trust -Replace Hirini Pakia Manihera and appoint John Paul Maunsell and Isaac Nathan Maunsell as responsible trustees SP 8 11:30 AM AP-20240000006780 244/93 Patricia Jane Maunsell Hirini Manihera & Pati Manihera Whānau Trust - Variation of trust order SP 9 11:30 AM AP-20240000005102 239/93 Te Reo Hau Oue 2B3C (Te Aroha Marae) - Add Te...
The Ministry provides all necessary operational support to New Zealand courts, including human and financial resources, property, information technology, policy, and any other matter that assists the court in administering justice.
During the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project, the Court came across a number of instances of this kind.
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 Ministry provides all necessary operational support to New Zealand courts, including human and financial resources, property, information technology, policy, and any other matter that assists the court in administering justice.
Our Act provides various safeguards to ensure that Māori land may only be transferred by court order following an application to succeed, gift, or sell to the PCA.
The Court may, if it cannot otherwise address those concerns, order that the application be reheard.
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
