Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 Factsheet copy
It also enables Māori landowners to seek a charging order if they have paid more than their share of water services charges on Māori freehold land held in multiple ownership.
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Discussion on Māori Governance
01 Feb 2013 | NewsHowever, a number of blocks of Māori land held in multiple ownership that are suitable for development are also without any governance entity.
Kua whakaputaina Ngā Kōrero Ārahi mō te Tuku Pūtea Taurewa mō te Whenua Māori
Practice Note for Lending on Whenua Māori released
21 Mar 2024
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Unlocking finance is an important part of facilitating the occupation, development, and utilisation of whenua Māori for the benefit of owners, their whānau, and their hapū and this practice note is another step on the road to realising this vision.
Discussion on the (now completed) Māori Freehold Land Registration Project
01 Feb 2012 | NewsWhat must also be borne in mind, however, is that ever since the whole concept of individualisation was originally imposed over Maori concepts of ownership, the necessary resourcing to keep lists of owners up to date has generally been inadequate.
Taonga tuku iho
The court record
That information makes up the Māori Land Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori. We are responsible for the ongoing care and protection of this taonga-tuku-iho.
Tō mātou hītori
Our history
We were established to convert customary Māori land into titles which could be acquired, initially by the colonial government and later by individual settlers. Since the passing of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, our role is to: promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners, whānau and hapū facilitate the occupation, development and use of Māori land ensure that decisions made about Māori land are fair and balanced taking into account the ne...
MOJ0217.1E OCT21 Maori Land Trusts
A change of ownership of land gives the recipient of that interest the ownership and its associated rights (land may be vested in a trustee, or shares may be vested in another person). 13.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
Discussion on Urupā Reservations (Māori burial grounds)
01 Mar 2014 | NewsDuring the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project, the Court came across a number of instances of this kind. In a small number of cases with the consent of the owners of the land the Court was able to formalise the situation.
43. Waiakto Maniapoto 26 June 2025
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 2:00 PM AP-20240000010745 12/75 Stephen Walker Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found at 20 Levers Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga Waikato-Maniapoto PĀNUI
Documents/Panui/43.-Waiakto-Maniapoto-26-June-2025.pdf (136 kb)
Special Waikawa No.2B and Waikawa 3 Aggregated 18 June 2024
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 10:50AM AP-20230000029744 18/93 Janette Hamilton-Pearce Waikawa No.2B and Waikawa 3 (Aggregated) - Determination of ownership of a house WAIARIKI PĀNUI
Documents/Panui/Special-Waikawa-No.2B-and-Waikawa-3-Aggregated-18-June-2024.pdf (120 kb)