Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust);
Ownership Only (ownership interests in secondary property rights such as easements,
birding, fishing o...
Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust);
Ownership Only (ownership interests in secondary property rights such as easements,
birding, fishing o...
Currently Housing New Zealand provides financing along similar lines through the kāinga whenua scheme. However, section 338(12) is a barrier to that form of financing on papakāinga reservations.
In it, we asked about your overall experience, how
easy it is to apply using paper application forms or through Pātaka Whenua, the court hearing process and the court
minutes and orders.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui:
TRUST: Tawera 897 Sec 2 Ahu Whenua Trust
DATE: Friday 8 November 2024
TIME: 9:30am
VENUE: Māori Land Court
20 Lichfield Street
Christchurch
AGENDA: Election of nominated trustees only
Please register your interest by 2 November 2024 by email to mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz or
phone 03 962 4900
Notice of Hui
Section 2 MR 897 Ta...
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui:
WHENUA: Lot 26 Reserve 873 (199 Tuahiwi Rd)
DATE: Thursday 27 February
TIME: 10 am
VENUE: Māori Land Court
20 Lichfield Street
Christchurch
Kaupapa:
• Clean up notice from Waimakariri District Council
• Agree on next steps
• Vote on whether to form an ahu whenua trust, or alternative options for managing the whenua
in future.
Please reg...
The practice note addresses important questions that whānau and professionals working in the sector are grappling with including:
How do owners of whenua Māori approve a mortgage?
How is a mortgage registered against whenua Māori?
Can a mortgage be registered against the leasehold estate of whenua Māori?
The Māori Land Court is a part of the Ministry of Justice, so any media enquiries must go through the Ministry's media centre. They have the media contacts for the Māori Land Court and New Zealand’s judges.
