Māori custom. 10. The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
It has long been classed as a ‘tenancy in common’, where the interests of the co-owners are a heritable estate which will pass to an individual owner’s heirs by a will or under the general law relating to intestacies.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
The Court hearing The vesting order application will be considered at a Māori Land Court hearing. The owner of the shares or interests being transferred should attend.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
The Court hearing The vesting order application will be considered at a Māori Land Court hearing. The owner of the shares or interests being transferred should attend.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
The Court hearing The vesting order application will be considered at a Māori Land Court hearing. The owner of the shares or interests being transferred should attend.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
When the life tenant dies, their right to life interest finishes. Many life interests state that the life interest will terminate if the life tenant remarries.
When the life tenant dies, their right to life interest finishes. Many life interests state that the life interest will terminate if the life tenant remarries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
The authority given by an owner of an interest in land to another person to vote on their behalf.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
An incorporation must maintain a register of interests for committee members setting out: the details of any beneficial interests held by each member any dealings in the beneficial interest by each member, and any declarations made by members of the committee.
If one owner dies, the other joint tenant(s) automatically succeed to the interest that the deceased joint tenant held.
