There are 27,137 Māori freehold land titles and approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in those titles. So we are dealing with multiple owners averaging 85 owners per title – the lowest 10% averaging 1 owner to each title, and the highest 10%, averaging 629 owners in each title.
The authority given by an owner of an interest in land to another person to vote on their behalf.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
The finalised list includes 348 owners. That number will change as life interests terminate, interests are consolidated into trusts, and applications for succession are filed with the Court.
An incorporation must maintain a register of interests for committee members setting out: the details of any beneficial interests held by each member any dealings in the beneficial interest by each member, and any declarations made by members of the committee.
It’s designed to promote the use and administration of the land in the interest of the owners. These trusts are often used for commercial purposes
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
For example, when whenua is changed from Māori customary land to Māori freehold land, the interests of the owners will not be individualised.
Use this form when transferring interests in Māori Land by sale or gift between owners in the same block, owners and their children or owners and any other member of the preferred class of alienee.
Use this form when exchanging some or all of your interests in Māori Land by sale or gift with some or all of the Māori Land interests of a different owner in a different block of Māori Land.
Use this form to request a confirmed search of interests that may be held in the name of any deceased person who may have interests in Māori Freehold Land.
It’s designed to promote the use and administration of the land in the interest of the owners. These trusts are often used for commercial purposes
Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
