The Māori Land Court can make succession orders for: • any interest in Māori land • any freehold interest owned by a Māori in general land 7 (but only on application by a personal representative 8 appointed by the High Court) 3 • any leasehold interest in a registered cross lease 9 over Māori land • money held by the Māori Trustee (or any other agent, trustee 10, or Māori...
The Māori Land Court can make succession orders for: • any interest in Māori land • any freehold interest owned by a Māori in general land 7 (but only on application by a personal representative 8 appointed by the High Court) 3 • any leasehold interest in a registered cross lease 9 over Māori land • money held by the Māori Trustee (or any other agent, trustee 10, or Māori...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
Māori reserves are lands administered by the Māori Trustee under the Māori Reserved Land Act 1955.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
The Act recognises that blocks of Māori land are generally owned by people connected to each other and to the land through kin groups, such as iwi 7 and hapū 8.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
The Act recognises that blocks of Māori land are generally owned by people connected to each other and to the land through kin groups, such as iwi 7 and hapū 8.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
The Act recognises that blocks of Māori land are generally owned by people connected to each other and to the land through kin groups, such as iwi 7 and hapū 8.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Permission from other owners In most cases, Māori land is owned by more than one person, this is where the term ‘multiply owned’ land comes from.
Māori land trusts Māori land trusts are used to manage whenua owned by multiple people.
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe veste...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe veste...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
