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Legal terms used for Māori land
Term used to describe landowners
Terms used in succession
Terms used in land ownership
Types of land ownership Terms used for Māori land
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act provides legal definitions for different types of Māori land ownership.
That information makes up the Māori Land Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori. We are responsible for the ongoing care and protection of this taonga-tuku-iho.
In February 2016 the coram for a sitting of the Māori Appellate Court was, for the first time, made up of Māori women judges, and women registry staff.
Visit the Te Toitū Whenua website
Te Tari Taiwhenua
Department of Internal Affairs
There are various funding grants managed by the Department of Internal Affairs that Māori land trusts may be eligible for.
Retiring
trustees may stand for re-election if they are nominated.
3.6 Only in the first year of the operation of this charter, the seven trustees elected will not all serve for a term of
3 years.
Waiariki
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Ōpōtiki
Māori Land Court, 1143 Haupapa
Street, Hauora House, Rotorua
Wednesday 6 September 2023
Judge T M Wara Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SSep3/1 11:00 AM AP-20230000021566 113/93,
118/93
Thompson
Quinton Tapsell
Wi...
Matters to be considered
for each type ofapplication
Landowners’ meetings
Landowners should hold a meeting to
discuss any application affecting the land.
Matters to be considered
for each type ofapplication
Landowners’ meetings
Landowners should hold a meeting to
discuss any application affecting the land.
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Wairoa
Wairoa Taiwhenua Office, 3-5 Bridge Street, Wairoa
Thursday 5 September 2024
Judge W W Isaac Presiding
PĀNUI
NO.
TIME
APPLICATION NO.
SECTION
APPLICANT
SUBJECT
SP1
10:55 AM AP-20240000003534 164/93 Manutai Hira Ngaruetepo 2B2 – Transfer
b...