The class also encompasses all records to do with the use of land and with processes to change Māori land titles since the inception of the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
TOITŪ TE WHENUA (LINZ) Land Information New Zealand – Custodian of land titles, title information and maps etc.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Much has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues.
Land information new Zealand will issue a provisional register title for the land.
Land information new Zealand will issue a provisional register title for the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The land retains the status of Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
YES NO 3. Is there a Land Transfer / Land Information New Zealand title?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (194 kb)
There are 27,137 Māori freehold land titles and approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in those titles.
Leasehold title: A land title giving the person(s) listed a limited set of rights in the land in question (such as a right to occupy or utilise the land) for a fixed period of time.
Unlike most ordinary freehold titles, however, Māori land is usually a multiply-owned freehold.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
