Discussion on Māori Land in today's context
01 Feb 2012 | NewsThe above statistics in themselves highlight the significant challenges that exist for Māori land owners in attempting to manage and administer their land.
The above statistics in themselves highlight the significant challenges that exist for Māori land owners in attempting to manage and administer their land.
At the time, Ngāi Tahu recommended that 200,000 acres of land would be sufficient compensation for the land that was taken and the promise not fulfilled. 57,000 hectares of land was set aside.
In the past the Housing Corporation, and its replacement Housing New Zealand, have been prepared to finance the building of dwellings on Māori land by taking security over the house, provided that the borrower can obtain a licence to occupy from the owners or trustees, where the land is held in trust, for a term of at least 21 years.
Approximately 58 per cent of Māori land is currently held by governance entities provided for under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
(state full name), apply to the Court to constitute a whānau trust in respect of: tick as appropriate all my/our land interests the land interests listed in the schedule hereto Details of proposed whānau trust: 1.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (110 kb)
Fourth And one of the funnier issues that it has thrown up for improvement, involves the appellations chosen for land blocks.
(state your full name), apply for an Occu- pation Order over the Māori freehold land or General Land owned by Māori named above as the site for a house.
While this could be said to be the same for Māori Land law, the breadth of disputes is much greater, creating the possibility of a wide range of settlement outcomes.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Judges-Corner-Article-by-Judge-Aidan-Warren-on-Dispute-Resolution2.pdf (154 kb)
While this could be said to be the same for Māori Land law, the breadth of disputes is much greater, creating the possibility of a wide range of settlement outcomes.
This would allow the trust to invest in land, for example, and to sell it to make money for the trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-12-07-Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template.pdf (398 kb)