This resource will be a living document. When a new word emerges that has not been used before, the glossary will be updated.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
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The Māori Land Court Bench Book (Bench Book) is a 'quick reference' resource containing information about our Act and Court decisions, primarily used by our judges.
Ngā raumei Resources Download printable versions of our resources about transferring Māori land.
(b) The Occupier shall obtain all required building and resource consents from the Council. These must be provided to the Landowner(s) if requested.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)
You may also consider further mediation outside of the Māori Land Court. Ngā raumei Resources Download printable versions of our dispute resolution resources.
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An obvious corollary to that proposition is, subject to the available resources and infrastructure of the trust to cater for such procedures.
For example, the Frankton District Plan (now coming under the wider ambit of the Waikato District Plan) provides that cemeteries are a controlled activity in the rural zone (23A.1.2) and therefore require resource consent. The Western Bay of Plenty District Plan provides that existing urupā and new urupā adjoining existing urupā are permitted activities in the rural zone (18.3.1) and do not require resource consent.
There will be options available when considering the next steps to resolve the dispute, including going to court or going back to mediation with the same or a different mediator. Ngā raumei Resources Download printable versions of our resources about dispute resolution.
