It is a comprehensive guide to transferring Māori land shares by a vesting order: • when the ownership of a Māori land block is held in shares by a group of owners • when a land block is vested in a Māori incorporation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Former Chief Māori Land Court Judge, who then became a Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land; Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as members of it.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Former Judge Andrew Spencer discusses residential utilisation of multiply owned Māori land.
Public Office (Agency) Information 6 3.1. The Māori Land Court Business Unit 6 3.2. History of the Māori Land Court 7 3.3.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
Our role as Te Kooti Whenua Māori is to facilitate and promote the retention and use of Māori land, and support whānau to occupy, develop and use their whenua.
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
Only roughly five percent of Aotearoa is now Māori land. Most Māori land is rural and much of it is remote.
Its purpose was to register all outstanding Māori Land Court orders relating to Māori land ownership in LINZ.
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
Information, resources and links have been arranged to make it easier for you to find as you begin or continue your whenua and whānau journey. The website is also the gateway to our online portal Pātaka Whenua.
