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Much has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues.

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YES NO 3. Is there a Land Transfer / Land Information New Zealand title?

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (194 kb)

There are 27,137 Māori freehold land titles and approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in those titles.

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Are there problems with those titles? Is the concern that the Court registry maintains title records in addition to Land Information New Zealand maintaining the legal title?

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)

Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.

Uploads/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)

Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)

In addition, in accordance with rule 5.11(1)(b)(iii) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, a brief summary of the reason why the application has not been finally determined is also provided for each entry.

Documents/5-11-reports/2022-11-30-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC-combined.pdf (1.7 mb)

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)

Partitions A partition is the division of the land between its owners to create new titles or blocks.

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Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)