Land whose beneficial ownership the Māori Land Court has determined by freehold order (that is, the Court has created a title for the land and determined the beneficial owners to that land).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
It would help if Māori land owners let the Court know their addresses when they move.
On the discretion to appoint trustees, that Court stated that ordinarily the Māori Land Court would give substantial weight to the views of the owners.
https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz Page 4 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 32 SCHEDULE 1: MATTERS THAT MAY BE DEALT WITH BY ASSEMBLED OWNERS Section 172, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993: The assembled owners of any land may consider, and, where appropriate, pass resolutions concerning, any 1 or more of the following matters: (a) a proposal that the owners of the land or any part of it shall, either by themsleves or together wi...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (182 kb)
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.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (811 kb)
https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz Page 4 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 04/26 - 34 MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which the land is located SCHEDULE 1: MATTERS THAT MAY BE DEALT WITH BY ASSEMBLED OWNERS Section 172, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993: The assembled owners of any land may consider, and, where appropriate, pass resolutions concerning, any...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (158 kb)
Trust Order: A Court order setting out the terms under which trustees hold and manage land or other assets vested in them by the owners of the land or assets.
LEGAL OWNER The owner of the legal title to land. When trustees are appointed, they become the legal owners of the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
A summary of the Court orders to be sought to determine the owners and status of the land. The matter of ownership needed to be resolved first, as any application for accretion would be made by the owners of the 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 (iii) an owner in that land who is a member of the hapū associated with the
