Please select one district Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu Which BLOCK / DECEASED PERSON / OTHER MATTER does your application relate to?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-98L-Application-for-dispute-resolution-April-202104.pdf (714 kb)
Page 1 MLC 05/26 - 24A I Te Kooti Whenua Māori o Aotearoa The Māori Land Court of New Zealand (Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which the application was lodged) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu NOTICE OF APPLICATION SUBJECT OF APPLICATION - Name and block number of land: (Please state name and block number of land) ........................................................
But, it is my experience that not all owners will participate even with notice. It is not uncommon for a block of 100-200 owners, for meetings to attract less than 10 owners – and that is on a good day.
Within the Māori Land Court districts, average ownership numbers range from 51 owners per block in the Tākitimu district to 154 owners per block in the Waiariki district.
LEGAL OWNER The owner of the legal title to land. When trustees are appointed, they become the legal owners of the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Any lessees of the block will have to be consulted with regard to the proposal as it may affect their use of the block.
Comment Box While the land and any other property vested in the trust is held and used for the benefit of the beneficial owners, the beneficial owners are not the legal owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
By this means, there is an equitable integration of utilisation of the block with the respective shareholdings of the estate’s beneficiaries and the other owners.
Using this form, you can update your details for the potential owners of the SILNA blocks.
Norma Hetaraka, Hirini Tau, Dale Van Engelen and Norma Rameka Te Runanga-A -Iwi-O-Ngapuhi - application referred to the Court pursuant to sections 26C and 237 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 to determine a dispute concerning the interpretation and intent of clause 4.7(b)(i) of Te Runanga-A-Iwi O- Ngapuhi Trust Deed (the Trust Deed) and whether the decision making process was consistent with clauses 26-30 of the Trust Deed.
