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Our record holds information about court decisions, and the conversations about how those decisions are made. It also holds information about the whakapapa of landowners.

Different spelling of names: landowners often have more than one name, and not all of those names may have been known when the initial application was submitted.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

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Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court

Ngā tukunga Vest/vested Vest/vested is when a legal change of ownership from one person to another is made.

Located in:  Māori land

Aligning trust procedures to changes in the Act You should update your procedures as necessary to reflect the changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)

An occupation order can pass by succession. Legislative changes supporting housing initiatives Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021 Why make this change?

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-supporting-housing-initiatives-web-version.pdf (66 kb)

Step 3 Enter the management structure name (or part of) into the Organisation Name box if known.

How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-management-structure-v1-7.pdf (2.1 mb)

TIP: to see all organisation member names click the toggle to ‘View all’ Click through the headings to find the ownership documents, details that have been provided, review details (if there are any), history and associated documents for that management structure.

Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)

SIGNATURE OF APPLICANTS: Consent to provide contact details to trustee or other administrator I/We* agree to contact details in this application being provided to the trustee or other administrator of any land to which this application relates†.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (358 kb)

What has changed? Historically, disputes over Māori land often had to be resolved through public court sittings before a judge.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)