Once the successors have been determined, a meeting of successors will be held for them to vote on how they wish to receive and hold the land. Updated list of owners
Te Kooti Whenua Māori is currently working on updating the lists of potential owners for the four SILNA Blocks.
Option two – Combined partition
A combined partition joins multiple land blocks together and then re-divides them among the
owners.
What you need to know:
• You can include Māori land, general land, or both
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following pānui from the trustees of the Alton Block VII Sec 2 Ahu Whenua Trust.
TRUSTEES' ROLE AND DUTIES
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori
land.
Some are more lucky than that, usually in circumstances where they are something in the nature of an only child of an only child of large owner. The vast majority of Māori receive no income at all from Māori land.
Land that can be included in a
Māori incorporation
A Māori incorporation can include one or
more blocks of Māori freehold land, so long
as at least one of the blocks has more than
two owners.
Land that can be included in a
Māori incorporation
A Māori incorporation can include one or
more blocks of Māori freehold land, so long
as at least one of the blocks has more than
two owners.
Changes also strengthen the protections for Māori land. For example, when whenua is
changed from Māori customary land to Māori freehold land, the interests of the owners
will not be individualised.
They are now recognised as representative of Māoriowners utilising land for residential purposes in dealings with local authorities and have achieved fairer provision in district plans for the residential development of Māori land.
The minimum number of trustees for a
reservation is two people (unless the trustee
is a body corporate 7, such as a Māori trust
board or a Māori incorporation).
A trustee does not have to be an owner
in the land.
