Full names of donor’s/transferor’s brothers and sisters: (if any and specify whether full brother or sister, whether half brother or sister, whether any were adopted in or out of family, whether legally or as a whāngai) a. b. c. d. e. f. g. Page 9 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 20 5.
The issues with adoptions related often to the status of whāngai, or adoptions recognised by Māori custom.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application for inju...
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application for inju...
Adoptions were originally managed under section 162 of the Native Land Act 1909 which stated that: ‘the Native Land Court shall have jurisdiction to make an order under this Part of this Act for the adoption of a child by a Native’. Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application for inju...
Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026-Revised.pdf (2.5 mb)
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application for inju...
Some are more lucky than that, usually in circumstances where they are something in the nature of an only child of an only child of large owner. The vast majority of Māori receive no income at all from Māori land.
Important Notes • If a person is deceased, instead of address write the date of death, and, as the case may be, write DI to indicate deceased with children, or DNI to indicate deceased with no children: • Include any persons who have been legally adopted into the family: • Give details of all next of kin especially any child excluded under any will. No Full Name(s) Sex (m/f) Age Postal Address (or date of death) 1 2 3 4 4 No Full N...
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
She is currently the head of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales. There is a close correlation between the small number of Māori women who become partners in law firms and senior counsel, and the pool of those considered eligible for appointment to the bench.
