Banking Practice Note
How do owners of whenua Māori approve a mortgage? Whenua Māori held by a Māori land trust 3.
How do owners of whenua Māori approve a mortgage? Whenua Māori held by a Māori land trust 3.
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.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP14 09:00 AM AP-20230000020540 (A20220018864) 173/93 67/93 Hayden Potaka Tauakira 2M3A2 No 9 - Application to summon a meeting of owners to consider including small area with Tauakira 2M3A2 Sec 12, 13 & 14 to extend urupa SP15 09:30 AM AP-20240000012408 173/93 67/93 Heather Ranginui Morikau No 1 Section 21 - Summon a meeting of owners SP16 10:00 AM AP-20240000000268 173/93 67/93 Susan Roach Orimupiko 12B2 - Summo...
PĀNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 26 A20230002589 29/93, 113/93 Deputy Registrar Marjorie Hazel Clarabel Greenwood - Succession to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) - South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Block 27 A20220018775 86/93 Deputy Registrar Toitoi (SILNA) Block - Amendment of Court Record at 76 TWP 248-311 regarding the successors of Kataraina (Karo) Ropata 4 28 A20230001588 29/93, 113/93 Deputy...
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
Only roughly five percent of Aotearoa is now Māori land. Most Māori land is rural and much of it is remote.
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.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
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 Māori owners 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.
A mortgage or loan may be acquired by: the sole owner of a Māori land block all the owners of a Māori land block acting together the trustees of a Māori land block who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or a Māori Incorporation which holds Māori land.
Postal address is Māori Land Court, DX Box PX10207, Whanganui 4500.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Notice-for-Mouri-Turoa-project-23-September-2023.pdf (209 kb)