This annual update was produced by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington, New Zealand on 23 July 2014 and is intended to provide general information only.
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
This annual update was produced by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court, Ministry of Justice, Wellington, New Zealand on 23 July 2014 and is intended to provide general information only.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
General Principles A judge has an obligation to sit on any case allocated to them unless grounds for recusal exist.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
Establishing a Māori reservation Applying to the Māori Land Court An application must be made to the Māori Land Court to establish a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
In your application you’ll need to provide: evidence that demonstrates that they have failed to carry out their duties, breached our Act or the constitution or acted in a manner that is incompatible with membership on the committee evidence of any meetings (or attempts to call a meeting) to consider the proposed removal, and evidence to show general support for the proposed removal.
This practice note applies to the use of the Special Aid Fund by the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court (Court).
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
Click “Start Application” to begin. If you selected a General Form of Application: After pressing Start Application, you will have another drop-down box to select the appropriate application type for the General Form.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)
As a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
Māori bodies in addition to Te Tumu Paeroa (the Māori Trustee), such as Post Settlement Governance Entities and Māori trusts and incorporations, will be eligible to undertake the role.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
The owners no longer have rights to the individual titles. an amalgamation can include general land 12 and Māori land. if it does, the resulting block will be Māori land.
