Much has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues. The project has proven, simply by the volume of work completed and by the number of title anomalies uncovered, that both title systems were in a parlous and unsatisfactory state.
I managed a team of lawyers who looked after council’s property, commercial and construction legal work. We were involved in a number of large complex capital projects including the Art Gallery redevelopment, the Aotea Square redevelopment, and the Victoria Park Tunnel.
Its subsequent efforts to make good the loss were found to be ‘few, extremely dilatory, and largely ineffectual’. 9 The Crown accepted that its failure to complete the transfer of lands under SILNA was a breach of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and agreed to provide redress. 10 The Ngāi Tahu Report provided a basis for settlement negotiations between the Crown and Ngāi Tahu, eventually leading to a Deed of Settlement in 1997, and the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act of 1998....
So we are dealing with multiple owners averaging 85 owners per title – the lowest 10% averaging 1 owner to each title, and the highest 10%, averaging 629 owners in each title.
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)
E kore hoki e āheitia te whakatū tiaki whenua kia herea te taonga, te whenua rānei ki tētahi tono i raro i te ture ‘Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988’. Tikanga tuku Ka haere tonu te tikanga tuku.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-land-trusts-tereo.pdf (754 kb)
Ngā tono $68 $68 applications Succession to Māori land Transfer of shares in Māori land Establishment of a trust over Māori land Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māori land Determining the ownership of structures on Māori land Occupation of Māori land Ngā tono $228 $228 applications Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māori land Anything related to a Māori incorporation Roadways, access, easements and surveys of Māori land Co...
(full name), apply for confirmation of an alienation by way of sale/gift (delete one) DETAILS OF ALIENATION Document to be confirmed: Transfer/Agreement (delete one) Total shares of all owners: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-25-Confirmation-alienation.pdf (194 kb)
• 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)
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.
