The Māori Land Court is conducting an inquiry to establish the successors to SILNA lands pursuant to Section 29, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 in accordance with an application filled by the Minister of Māori Affairs, currently under application A20180009373.
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
Approved by at least half of the owners or the persons who hold at least 50% of the shares in the land; and ii. Approved by a judge.
This data provides a high-level summary to share with owners, organisations, and government agencies key characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
(e) If the parties cannot agree on a mediator, then one will be appointed by a Judge of the Māori Land Court in the district where the relevant land is located.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)
Your key duties as a trustee are to: continue to grow the value of the land or shares without creating significant costs protect the assets of the trust.
A person who has not yet reached the age of 20. 9. Owner(s) of shares of land held within a trust. Beneficiaries are also called the beneficial owners. 10.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Setting up an incorporation Previously, landowners seeking to form an incorporation need to show that owners with not less than 15 percent of shares in the Māori land consented to the proposal.
This class of records also includes information related to making changes to land title through the sale of Māori land, transfer of shares in Māori land between owners or to new shareholders, alienation of Māori land by lease or license, including the licensing of timber, flax and mineral rights.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
The Māori Land Court is pleased to announce the public launch of Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori Land Court Bench Book.
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)
