This type of trust is also used for receiving Crown land as part of any treaty of Waitangi claim settlement or for the re-vesting Māori Land Court Retention and Disposal Schedule Appraisal Report 21 public works land in collective rather than individual ownership.
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Otherwise, you can find the block via an “Ownership” search TIP: Type slowly to allow the system to populate the results māorilandcourt.govt.nz 2.3 PRINTING BLOCK DETAILS a.
Search for an ownership user guide You can find help when searching in the Search for an ownership guide here.
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust); Ownership On...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust); Ownership On...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
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On this page Legal terms used for Māori land Term used to describe landowners Terms used in succession Terms used in land ownership Types of land ownership Terms used for Māori land Te Ture Whenua Māori Act provides legal definitions for different types of Māori land ownership.
VEST/VESTED A change of ownership of land gives the recipient of that interest the ownership and its associated rights.
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Searching with only Block District, Ownership Category, or Ownership Type without a name or ID may produce a large number of search results.
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1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua June 2016 | Pipiri 2016 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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