Discussion on the (now completed) Māori Freehold Land Registration Project
01 Feb 2012 | NewsAs a result of the project, registration of 97% of the 27,411 Māori land titles was completed.
As a result of the project, registration of 97% of the 27,411 Māori land titles was completed.
In a similar way to how the various Land Title Offices managed the registration of European land interests, district registry offices of the Māori Land Court managed the aggregation of information about title reconstruction and improvement activities differently.
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In recent years the Government has spent a considerable amount of money implementing the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project to enable full legal titles to issue for Māori land.
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Another real benefit from this project is that it brings Māori land, by virtue of the definition by survey and registration of it, into what is known as the primary layer for lending purposes.
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Survey a survey of the new blocks may be required to complete the partition orders. a survey must be completed to obtain a full certificate of title. Registration The Māori Land court will register all partition orders with Land information new Zealand.
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Survey a survey of the new blocks may be required to complete the partition orders. a survey must be completed to obtain a full certificate of title. Registration The Māori Land court will register all partition orders with Land information new Zealand.
For a number of reasons, including a failure to undertake registrations of beneficial owners present at the meeting, the Māori Land Court decided that the election results were unsafe and ordered a further meeting.
During the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project, the Court came across a number of instances of this kind.
Committee of management The Māori incorporation’s committee of management is responsible for registering the transfer against the incorporation’s share registration, but may refuse to register if they are not satisfied that the transferee is a member of the preferred classes of alienee, or if the transfer is not properly completed.
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