Your application will be considered ‘uncontested’ when: • it has been notified according to Māori Land Court Rules; and • it has been published in the Māori Land Court’s National Pānui; and • no one has objected to the application.
For example, you will need to be able to record that a surviving spouse is entitled to income from a land interest that they do not own, and that some owners are not entitled to the income from their land interest.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
GIS maps exist which confirm the location of the blocks.
Hātepe 4 Kia tāuru koe i ō paearu rapu, pāwhiria te “Search”. 4 māorilandcourt.govt.nz Hātepe 1 Mā te whakamahi i te tahua kei te taha mauī o tō mata, pāwhiria te “Block Map”. Ka huaki tēnei i te mapi pāhekoheko hei rapu ā-karu i ngā paraka.
How-do-I-user-guides/Te-reo-Maori/Search-for-a-block-v1-4-Maori-web.pdf (3.2 mb)
Hei tono me te tikiake i te pūrongo ināianei, me haere ki taua kaupapa kei te whārangi 4. 3 māorilandcourt.govt.nz Hātepe 1 Mā te whakamahi i te tahua kei te taha mauī o tō mata, pāwhiria te “Block Map”. Hātepe 2 Ka huaki tēnei i te mapi pāhekoheko hei whakamahi ki te rapu i ngā paraka.
Hei request and download the report ināianei, me haere ki taua kaupapa kei te whārangi 4. 3 māorilandcourt.govt.nz Hātepe 1 Mā te whakamahi i te tahua kei te taha mauī o tō mata, pāwhiria te “Block Map”. Hātepe 2 Ka huaki tēnei i te mapi pāhekoheko hei whakamahi māu ki te rapu i ngā paraka.
In his classic book Māori Land Tenure (1977) Sir Hugh Kawharu wrote that the system of Māori land tenure created by the Native Lands Act of 1865 was an ‘engine of destruction for any tribe’s tenure of land, anywhere’ (p 15).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
In accordance with tikanga Māori there is no distinction to be drawn between whenua (land) that is dry and land that is covered by the sea.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
The introduction of Pātaka Whenua marked the closing of MLIS (Māori Land Information System), the previous Māori Land Court technol- ogy system, which has served the court and land- owners/users since 1999.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
Toitū te Whenua Land Information New Zealand Toitū te Whenua hold information about historical transfers, surveying titles, or land that has been converted to general land.
