Judges Corner Article by Judge Aidan Warren on Dispute Resolution2
The new Mediation regime establishes a dispute resolution process based on tikanga Māori to assist owners of Māori Land to resolve disagreements and conflict about their land.
The new Mediation regime establishes a dispute resolution process based on tikanga Māori to assist owners of Māori Land to resolve disagreements and conflict about their land.
The new Mediation regime establishes a dispute resolution process based on tikanga Māori to assist owners of Māori Land to resolve disagreements and conflict about their land.
The class also encompasses all records to do with the use of land and with processes to change Māori land titles since the inception of the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
Second, the report recommends that the law simplify succession to Māori land through administrative rather than judicial processes.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Awaiting Administrative Action Application is with court staff for processing and has not been referred to a judicial officer (such as a Judge or Registrar) for final determination. 2.
If you have a current application in the Māori Land Court that is being delayed by a dispute, you can ask for your application to be put on hold while you go through the dispute resolution process.
While the immediacy of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown restrictions raised challenges for the Māori Land Court, it has presented an opportunity to examine our processes, our use of technology, and consider how they can be improved to ultimately assist Māori land owners.
The process to do this is different from other MLC application processes.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Apart from the legal process outlined above, once a person is buried on that land important and weighty cultural considerations come into play.
The process to do this is different from other Māori Land Court application processes.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)