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Important Note: If an undivided interest in land i.e. shares in a block is being transferred, section 148 of the Act requires the transferee to be a member of
the preferred classes of alienees which comprise –
• A child or remoter issue of the transferor.
• Whanaunga who are associated in accordance with tikanga Māori with the land.
• An owner in the land who is a member of the hapü associated with the land.
• A trustee of a person belonging to 1 to 3 above....
This data only includes block information regarding Māori Customary, Māori Freehold and Aggregated Lands. It does not include information about
Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
This data only includes block information regarding Māori Customary, Māori Freehold and Aggregated Lands. It does not include information about
Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Whakapapa of any person who is receiving shares in Māori land.
Explanatory Notes
Where undivided interests or shares in Māori land are to be exchanged the Court has no power to make an order
unless the person receiving the shares in a block is either -
(i) a child or remoter issue of the owner in that block of the shares to be exchanged, or
(ii) a descendant of any former owner who is or was a member of the hapū associated with the land, or...
Read our separate factsheet Transferring Māori LandShares for more information. To download it, go online to
maorilandcourt.govt.nz/about-mlc/publications
SUCCESSION TO SHARESShares in a Māori incorporation are deemed to be shares in
Māori land, and succession is arranged in the same way as for
Māori land.
This data only includes block information regarding Māori Customary, Māori Freehold and Aggregated Lands. It does not include information about
Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
(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.
You can calculate whether you have enough shares by dividing the area of the whole block with the total number of shares in the block to work out what area of land each share relates to.
