MLC 2014 Jun Judges Corner Ambler J
Currently trustees of Māori land assume all of the duties and obligations of trustees at general law.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Currently trustees of Māori land assume all of the duties and obligations of trustees at general law.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
How can we make a difference with the development of Māori land? We know that there are thousands of acres of undeveloped Māori land, thousands of acres of Māori land with no governance structures and thousands of small Māori land blocks with hundreds of owners that have governance structures but are struggling and underutilised.
He is one of the resident Judges for the Tairāwhiti District of the Māori Land Court.
It has required hundreds of hours of human resource time, with a large percentage of that time derived from the Maori Land Court judges.
Following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the Crown negotiated several largescale purchases of land in Te Waipounamu (the South Island) whereby almost the entire land base of Ngāi Tahu, some 34.5 million acres of land, was sold for £14,750. 1 Ngāi Tahu’s landlessness was the subject of several Crown investigations in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
In a small number of cases with the consent of the owners of the land the Court was able to formalise the situation.
MLC- FS1 - Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017. PAGE 1 of 12 This factsheet provides information about, and a summary of, abbreviations used for minute books of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court Introduction In the 150 year history of the Māori Land Court evidence and decisions have been recorded in local (and more) recently national minute books.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
(state full name) apply for a direction that the Registrar call a meeting of assembled owners of the above land THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION(S): (Set out details of the resolution(s).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-32-Application-to-call-meeting.pdf (149 kb)
Good governance is the key From the experiences of Māori Land Court Judges, good governance is the key to effective utilisation of Māori land held in multiple ownership.
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered) PHONE NUMBER(S): Home: Work: Mobile: Fax: Email Address: NOTE: Where fax or email addresses are given these may be used as a means of notice and service. Fee: $ 220.00 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Page 4 MLC 07/24 - 34 MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application should be lodged with the Registrar in the District in which the la...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-34-Confirmation-family-gathering.pdf (172 kb)