Are there problems with those titles? Is the concern that the Court registry maintains title records in addition to Land Information New Zealand maintaining the legal title?
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
The application to the Court The application was not contentious, however there were two issues for the Court to determine: (1) The area of land had no LINZ title, nor any current title in the Court’s records.
This is referred to as ‘title improvement’.
Māori land data updates Total Aotea Waiariki Waikato-Maniapoto Taitokerau Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Te Waipounamu Area (ha) of Māori Customary Land Titles by District 1,204.3 659.1 453.2 48.3 38.5 4.8 0.2 0 Total Aotea Waikato-Maniapoto Taitokerau Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Te Waipounamu Number of Māori Customary Land Titles by District 39 15 14 5 2 2 1 0 Total Taitokerau Tairāwhiti Waiariki Aotea Waikato-Maniapoto Te Waipounamu Tākitimu Number...
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.
One title would represent the totality of the shares currently held by the Seymour whanau (32.21252 shares) to be vested in (Phillip Douglas Seymour, Pauline Ruth McKay, Selwyn Gerald Martin Seymour, Edward James Seymour, and Caroline Ngawaiata Rowena Power) as to their respective shares, with the other title vested in the owners, being the whanāu of Tame Horomona Rehe.
• Consolidation: Recorded title consolidations undertaken as part of a consolidation scheme initiated by the local Māori Land Boards.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
s.315-326 Application Checklist For Acceptance All applications MUST: Have all relevant sections of the form completed Be dated Be signed by the applicant(s) and/or Counsel Have applicant(s) full contact details: Contact address; Phone details: Home: Mobile: Email: Other: Where applicable have a statement of preferred place of hearing as opposed to District Where appropriate and applicable, have proper witnessing Appropriate fee or fe...
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Perhaps it is also partly the result of difficulty in obtaining mortgages on Māori freehold land, which prior to 1993 drove people to shift title into the Land Transfer title system. The problem we face is not quite as dramatic as I see in the Cook Islands and Niue where I also serve.
