This is the narrative of a piece of land in Te Tau Ihu – Aorere. It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.
Former Judge Andrew Spencer discusses residential utilisation of multiply owned Māori land.
Good governance is the key From the experiences of Māori Land Court Judges, good governance is the key to effective utilisation of Māori land held in multiple ownership.
Awaiting Administrative Action Page 1 of 56 Quarterly Schedule of Outstanding Applications aged over 6 months old held by Māori Land Court or Māori Appellate Court as at 31 May 2022 Produced pursuant to rul 5.11 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 A20160006045 26/10/2016 CJ 2016/47 - Te Keepa Tamitere or Peneti - and orders made at 117 WP 96 (2 June 1949) - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Tyson Charles Schmidt 1.
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System.
Its purpose was to register all outstanding Māori Land Court orders relating to Māori land ownership in LINZ.
Only roughly five percent of Aotearoa is now Māori land. Most Māori land is rural and much of it is remote.
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
Documents/5-11-reports/Notification-of-Applications-over-6-months-old-31-May-2024.pdf (1.7 mb)
Awaiting Administrative Action Page 2 of 56 Quarterly Schedule of Outstanding Applications aged over 6 months old held by Māori Land Court or Māori Appellate Court as at 28 February 2023 Produced pursuant to rul 5.11 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 A20200013412 26/11/2020 CJ 2020/55 - Hemi Nai Tairua or Hemi Tairua - and a succession order made at 1 Kaikohe MB 31-33 on 30 January 1963 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Ashton Eugene Tairua 1.
As a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
