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(b) Promote title improvement by:
(i) granting or acquiring any type of right or interest in land;
(ii) subdividing any land;
(iii) bringing any application to the Māori Land Court that might facilitate the
operation of this Trust and the improvement of title to land (held by the
Trustees on behalf of the Trust), including applications under Part 14
of the Act; and
(iv) forwarding to the Registrar of the Māori Land Court in relation to the
above any instruments, titles, plans o...
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20230000019630
A20150003124
45/93 Ranea Nuri, Niwa
Nuri
CJ 2015/29 - Piri Tuari and
an order made on 9 June
1915 (4 TKA 273-274) -
Application to the Chief
Judge
SP 2 10:15 AM AP-20230000027551
A20220007475
45/93 Maria Sylvia Nunn CJ 2022/15 - Hurunuiorangi
X3, X4 and X5 - and an
order determining ownership
of shares made at 55
Wairarapa MB 20 on 25
January 2001 - Application
to the Chief Judge
SP 3 10:30 AM AP...
See the back page of this
factsheet for the MLC office closest to you or go online to
maorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us
For information about the most common applications, go
online to maorilandcourt.govt.nz/apply
Another useful website is Māori Land Online, which has
details about the current ownership and title information¹ for
all MLC blocks.
Most of the land set aside under the Act was transferred to the intended beneficiaries, but in 1909 the SILNA Act was repealed by the Native Lands Act before all the grants had been completed. 6 Also, the lands set aside under SILNA were of inferior quality, isolated, inaccessible, and often far distant from the traditional lands that had been taken under the earlier Crown purchasing. 7 Four of the SILNA blocks were not allocated and remain in Crown ownership today: Hāwea-Wānaka at Wān...
Indeed, the Court of Appeal suggests that given the importance of the views of the owners on the question of whom to appoint, procedures should be devised that draw in the widest possible ownership participation. An obvious corollary to that proposition is, subject to the available resources and infrastructure of the trust to cater for such procedures.
A sketch plan or diagram showing:
The area of the portion to be partitioned out; and
The position or locality of the partition relative to the whole block; and
Any river, lake or seashore boundaries of the whole block; and
The position of any easement or roadway required for access to the partitioned area.
Details as to how ownership of the land is to be apportioned after partition
Details of notice of the application or proposal to the owners, the minutes of any meetings
h...
The website also
contains a link to Māori Land Online, a tool
that provides web based information on
the current ownership and title information 1
for all Māori Land Court blocks.
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left (as in will) whakarite / waihotanga
legal aid pūtea āwhina rōia
legal capacity āheitanga ā-ture
legal practitioners te hunga ture
Nn
national significance hiranga ā-motu
natural justice matatika tūturu
negotiation hui whakawhiti kōrero
nominate
nomination
tautapa
tautapatanga
not properly made kāhore i āta whakamōhiotia
notice pānui
notice of intention to appear upon
application
pānui whakamōhio kia whakauru ki te tono
notice opposition pānui whakah...
The Māori Land Court is notifying all interested parties of the above block about the following
hui:
Whenua: Puna-O-Maru Section 96
DATE: Saturday 27 September 2025
TIME: 12:30 pm.
VENUE: Waihao Marae
26 Māori Road
Morven
Waimate
Kaupapa:
• Vote on setting aside the whenua as a Māori reservation
Freehold title: A land title giving the person(s) listed full legal ownership of the land in
question.
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.
