Discussion on Urupā Reservations (Māori burial grounds)
01 Mar 2014 | NewsUrupa Reservations Urupā reservations (Māori burial grounds) have a special status in legal terms as well as having family, spiritual, cultural and historical importance.
Urupa Reservations Urupā reservations (Māori burial grounds) have a special status in legal terms as well as having family, spiritual, cultural and historical importance.
Legislation Governing the Court’s Records The Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court are continued as courts of record under the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and are administered in accordance with this Act and the associated rules and regulations issued under this Act which include the: Māori Reservations Regulations 1994; Māori Occupation Orders Regulations 1994; Māori Incorporations Constitution Regulations 1994; Mā...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
The land retains the status of Māori land. The status of the land will continue to be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing the status of the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 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 Only (ownership interes...
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 Only (ownership interes...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Awaiting Administrative Action A20160001386 1/02/2016 CJ 2016/2 - Part Tawata No. 2 - and an order setting apart Part Tawata No.2 as a Maori Reservation made on 15 November 1984 at 67 Tokaanu (ATK) 303-305 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 George Whareaitu Ngataierua Te Kere and Nathan Dean Peri 1.
Freehold titles are often divided by partition order. The status of the land will continue to be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing the status of the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
The land retains the status of Māori land. The status of the land will continue to be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing the status of the land. 2 Literally, a “basket”.
The land retains the status of Māori land. The status of the land will continue to be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing the status of the land. 2 Literally, a “basket”.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP6 2:00 PM AP-20250000013662 19/93 Marcie Setoki Beverley Rewa McGhie Urenui 5B1(Waitara SD Lot 5B1 Subs 3 & 1 Sec 24 Blk IV) – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation Respondents: Sarten Group Judicial Conference.