Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email at mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
If you know that Christopher's block is, for example, Ruamata , but aren’t sure how his name is spelt, you can enter Christoper Crbb into the Owner Name search field and Ruamata into the Land Block Name search field to narrow the results.
Greg Shaw | just wanted to say n the application filed | ve mentioned the intention was
to begin inspections next week and your Honour we ve been working very hard to do that
However the number of inspections has grown substantially with the inclusion of the
unadministered land which 1s approximately 680 blocks In fact its over doubled the
amount of inspection work and as a consequence its slightly complicated the organisation
of the work | can advise your Honour we are looking at...
The 1882 statute brought all land used for burial – except urupā – under a common legal structure irrespective of how the land had come to be set aside.
It gives an inaccurate impression of
how the Act operates and fails to explain in any reasoned way how the Act inhibits
(or enhances) Māori land owners’ aspirations.
The Heretaunga block created a national
scandal, as it was seen as an example of how
a ‘land ring’ could acquire large areas of land
to the detriment of small settlers.
Te Puna Manawa Whenua is written by Māori Land Court judges. It is overseen by a judicial editing komiti, comprised of Māori Land Court judges, supported by legal research counsel from the Māori Land Court.
That provides a great deal of protection because the land cannot be sold or gifted away. Nor can the land be taken by way of an agreement under the Public Works Act 1981.
For Māori, good leadership depended upon how well those leaders responded to their people and how
well they were able to protect them and their whenua (lands).
