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Metadata
Title: National Register of Māori Incorporations for New Zealand
Date of data: 19 May 2023
Published by: Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington
Email: te.tiratu@justice.govt.nz
URI: Māori land data | Māori Land Court (xn--morilandcourt-wqb.govt.nz)
Release Notes: The information contained in this spreadsheet is a snapshot of data from the Māori Land Information System of...
The third order determines that the
additional area ofland is in fact an accretion and is to be added to the other area and
then comprise one blockoflandof 0.9241 hectares.
MLC- FS1 - Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017. PAGE 1 of 12
This factsheet provides information about, and a summary of, abbreviations used
for minute books of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
Introduction
In the 150 year history of the Māori Land Court
evidence and decisions have been recorded in local
(and more) recently national minute books.
On this page
Applying for succession
Succession application types
Succession and whāngai
Succession with no living descendants
Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title ofland.
The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees,
the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Māori Reservations is one of a series of Māori
Land Court booklets designed to help Māori
– and anyone else with an interest – to gain
a fuller understanding of current Māori land
matters.
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.
(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...
The Court of Appeal underscored the importance of s 222. On the discretion to appoint trustees, that Court stated that ordinarily the Māori Land Court would give substantial weight to the viewsof the owners.
