Discussion on the (now completed) Māori Freehold Land Registration Project
01 Feb 2012 | NewsMuch has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues.
Much has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues.
If the trustees acquire further land or other assets for the purposes of the trust, that land becomes trust land, and the other assets become trust property.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
PĀNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 26 A20230002589 29/93, 113/93 Deputy Registrar Marjorie Hazel Clarabel Greenwood - Succession to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) - South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Block 27 A20220018775 86/93 Deputy Registrar Toitoi (SILNA) Block - Amendment of Court Record at 76 TWP 248-311 regarding the successors of Kataraina (Karo) Ropata 4 28 A20230001588 29/93, 113/93 Deputy...
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
In accordance with tikanga Māori there is no distinction to be drawn between whenua (land) that is dry and land that is covered by the sea.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
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 agreeing to constitute a Whānau Trust (where applicable) Completed Whānau Trust form and draft Trust order (where applicable) Notes to assist applicants MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (512 kb)
From its beginnings as a mechanism that enabled the acquisition by Pākehā of huge tracts of Māori land, the Court has continued to evolve to the present day when it enables and assists with the retention and utilisation of Māori land by its owners, whānau and hapū.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
These rules ensure that the Act’s intent is met – to promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners and their whānau and hapū6 and to facilitate the occupation, development and utilisation of that land for the benefit of its owners and their whānau and hapū.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
Disputes can delay whānau connecting to and using whenua. Whānau who agree to enter mediation to resolve disputes can do so out of court, pay no filing fee and can practice the tikanga of your whānau and hapū in that mediation.
The mediation conversations to settle the dispute are confidential to you and your whānau and the other parties involved. No record of these conversations will be publicly available on the Māori Land Court record.
The Māori Land Court ("Court") has constituted a whānau trust for the purposes set out in this Trust Order (“Order”).