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A Maori Reservation is a special type of trust that sets aside land (Māori or general land) for a wide variety of community purposes.

Located in:  Māori land

This practice note is subject to Part 16 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 (Rules). 3. This practice note applies to the use of the Special Aid Fund by the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court (Court).

Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)

The Crown purchase agents had promised that Ngāi Tahu would be left with ‘ample reserves’ to live on. That was not the case and Māori in the South Island were left without land and without sufficient resources to take care of themselves and their whānau.

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Ngā Kaporeihana Māori, ko tēnei tētahi o ngā pukapuka ka tukua nei e te Kooti Whenua Māori hei āwhina i te hunga Māori - me te katoa e whai whakaaro ana ki ēnei take – kia mārama ai rātou ki ngā take whenua Māori o ēnei rā.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-tereo.pdf (949 kb)

Māori bodies in addition to Te Tumu Paeroa (the Māori Trustee), such as Post Settlement Governance Entities and Māori trusts and incorporations, will be eligible to undertake the role.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)

He has also served as a former president of Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa – the New Zealand Māori Law Society.

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Ka āhei te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whai mana tuku mō: • Ngā whiwhinga whenua Māori

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-tereo.pdf (1.2 mb)

TRANSFERRING MĀORI LAND SHARES Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz People entitled to receive Māori land shares or interests Māori land shares can only be sold or gifted to certain people who belong to a group defined in the Act as the preferred classes of alienees.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)

Agencies such as the Māori Land Court, the Māori Trustee, Collections, and the Electoral Enrolment Centre all have separate databases with addresses of Māori land owners.

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SUCCESSION 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.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)