The major ownership of the land (which has an area of 1.4011 ha situated in Whittaker Road, Rotorua) has been held since 1968 in a long-term testamentary trust for eight of the testator’s children and their descendants.
This is also a return to the Court and Tribunal for Judge Milner, who worked early in his career as a Research Counsel for the Māori Land Court and as an Assistant Registrar for the Waitangi Tribunal.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
(Land may be vested in a trustee, or shares may be vested in another person.) 8 People who own land jointly.
(Land may be vested in a trustee, or shares may be vested in another person.) 8 People who own land jointly.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
UNUSED PUBLIC ROADS Where a road is no longer required, the authority in charge can apply to the MLC to have the road closed and either included in the adjoining title or revested in those owners who owned the land at the time it was taken for a road.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Today Māori freehold land comprises a little over 1.4 million hectares – that is, approximately 5.5% of New Zealand’s land mass. 12% of the North Island is Māori land, including about 23% of the land in the Waiariki district, 18% in the Tairāwhiti district and 28% in the Aotea district.
For example, a life interest may be awarded by the Court in favour of a surviving partner of a person who hold an interest in Māori land.
In a small number of cases with the consent of the owners of the land the Court was able to formalise the situation.
This application form has been modified specifically for use in determining the successors for South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Lands in accordance with Part 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement.
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
Preparing for a hearing Applications to be heard by a judge in a court hearing are notified in the MLC’s National Pānui, usually under the district heading where the land is located.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)
