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.
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Discussion on Māori Land in today's context
01 Feb 2012 | NewsThere are 27,137 Māori freehold land titles and approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in those titles.
Banking Practice Note
Leasehold title: A land title giving the person(s) listed a limited set of rights in the land in question (such as a right to occupy or utilise the land) for a fixed period of time.
MLC 2014 Jun Judges Corner Ambler J
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)
MLC Tāmaki Programme WCL June July2026
Build understanding of Māori Land Court processes 2. Review an application pathway and requirements 3.
Documents/Landowner-notices/MLC-Tamaki-Programme-WCL-June-July2026.pdf (342 kb)
Te wehe i ō whenua
Divide your land
Partitions A partition is the division of the land between its owners to create new titles or blocks.
MLC incorporations english
Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.
MLC incorporations english
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)
June 2026 National Pānui Māori Land Court
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners...
Documents/Landowner-notices/June-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (2.7 mb)
Reflections after nearly 20 years as a Māori Land Court
01 Nov 2013 | NewsPerhaps it is also partly the result of difficulty in obtaining mortgages on Māori freehold land, which prior to 1993 drove people to shift title into the Land Transfer title system.