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Legal terms used for Māori land
Term used to describe landowners
Terms used in succession
Terms used in land ownership
Types of land ownership Terms used for Māori land
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act provides legal definitions for different types of Māori land ownership.
The rapid pace of Treaty settlements has created challenges for the Tribunal, and the number of the applications in the Māori Land Court continues to rise as well.
For example: if you are searching for succession orders for a deceased parent but only have their name and section, you could put the name of your parent in the Search keywords section and in Must include the authority 118/93 .
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 83 10:00 AM AP-20250000005057 43/93 Freda Black Tiwi Black – Rehearing of application
(AP-20230000031058, Tiwi Black -
Succession)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 3 10:00 AM AP-20250000011444 43/93 Leanne Dolly
Rawenata
Roy Tane-Rawenata also known
as Roy Taane or Roy Tane -
Rehearing of application.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP5 14:45 PM AP-20250000011070 328/93 Raana Tuuta He ōta whakanoho mō Raana
Tuuta ki runga ia Kekerione 37
ABC 2
Occupation order for Raana Tuuta
on Kekerione 37 ABC 2
SP6 15:00 PM AP-20250000011058 133/93 Pamela
Seymour
He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara
o Otonga 1E2 mai i te whenua atu
o te whenua Māori ki te whenua
Māori
Change the status of Otonga 1E2
from General land to Māori freehold
land....
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP7 3:00 PM AP-20250000011058 133/93 Pamela
Seymour
He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara
o Otonga 1E2 mai i te whenua atu
ki te whenua Māori
Change the status of Otonga 1E2
from General land to Māori freehold
land.
As part of a mortgage application or loan application, you will be required to provide financial and income information, which the bank will review to determine your ability to repay the loan.
Kapohia ki te tuhirau, ki te reehuiringa
Preservation of the integrity of the record, the record will prevail As a court of record, our key purpose is to accurately document the succession and management of Māori land. That information makes up the Māori Land Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori.
You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust)
succession orders (names of successors to an estate)
vesting orders (transfers of shares in Māo...
