In July 2019, the Government passed the Trusts Act 2019 (replacing the Trustee Act 1956). This new Act sets out the core principles and default rules for trusts, including trusts created under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The aim is to make the law easier to understand.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
The review will be done by a judge, who will be able to confirm, change or cancel the decision and issue a court order. M O J0 21 7.1 2_ JA N 21 https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz/en/contact-us/draft-regional-map-page/ https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz/en/our-application-process/come-in-apply-to-the-court/application-forms/
Ka āhei anō te whakataha whenua Karauna 2 mēnā ka whai wāriu hītori, wairua, ka ngākaunuitia rānei e te Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-tereo.pdf (387 kb)
Those people are called successors 2 and the process is called succession. Successors are then entitled to make decisions about the use of that land for their benefit and for the benefit of future generations.
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Ko aua tāngata ka whiwhi nei ki ēnei hea ko ngā uri, ngā kaiwhiwhi 2, ko te tikanga tuku nei i ngā pānga whenua, ngā hea, ko te ‘Mana Tuku’.
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For 1 The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership rights. 2 The division of Māori land into two or more separate titles (partition).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
Poutūterangi 2010 Nā Adrian Heke te whakaahua 2 Taitara 1 hanga tuarua me te whakahou Kei te wāhanga 288 o te Ture e whakatakoto ana ngā take hei titiro mā te Kooti Whenua Māori e pā ana ki te tono whakawehe 2, whakahono 3, me te whakakotahi 4.
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For information about granting confirmation of an instrument of alienation 1 or about transfers of whole blocks of Māori land, please contact a Māori Land Court office (see page 6 for your nearest office). 2 Use of vesting orders Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made by the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Alienation involves an alienee (the person who purchases or receives the interest in the land) and an alienor (the person who sells or parts with the interest in the land). 2. Land whose beneficial ownership the Māori Land Court has determined by freehold order (that is, the Court has created a title for the land and determined the beneficial owners to that land).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
See Part 12 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. 2. The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial (tribal) boundaries. 3.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
