As a result of the investments made, there is more on-the-ground support for landowners and their whānau, and easier access to information and resources about whenua. This booklet summarises changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 effective from 6 February 2021.
Māori engagement with environmental and resource management issues is going to be huge in the next 10 to 20 years.
Is this partition intended to be a hapü partition in terms of the Resource Management Act? YES NO Note: If this is a hapū partition, consent from the local authority does not need to be obtained.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (302 kb)
Succession to Māori land is through whakapapa or descent, which means that these records are also a rich continuing resource for Māori over time for identifying interests in land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
A te reo Māori resource for words used in the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal Ngā Kupu Māori mō te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi acting prudently mahi i runga i te āta tūpato acting reasonably mahi i runga i te āta whakaaro acting competently mahi i runga i te matatau ki ngā mahi acting in good conscience mahi i runga i te whakaaro pai acting impartially mahi i runga i te tōkeke active (as in inquiry) hohe add (as in Trustee)...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Kuputaka-Reo-Maori-Comms.pdf (23 mb)
With direction from Cabinet, the programme sought to address four critical barriers for Māori landowners to retain, use, and develop their land: access to resources, variable governance capabil- ity, management and workforce capability, and effort outweighing benefits.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
...koutou ki te tomokanga whare o Pātaka Whenua He pātaka mōhiohio He pātaka tiaki kōrero He pātaka honohono e te tangata ki te kooti Haere mai, nau mai, kuhu mai ki Pātaka Whenua Welcome to our redesigned website for Te Kooti Whenua Māori. Information, resources and links have been arranged to make it easier for you to find as you begin or continue your whenua and whānau journey.
Judge Milner is well-versed in the work of both the Māori Land Court and Waitangi Tribunal through his extensive work representing land owners and claimant groups in both jurisdictions, alongside his work in Treaty settlement negotiations and experience in resource management, intellectual property and Marine and Coastal Area cases.
FULL PARTITION Full partition requires the consent of the district council under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). If consent is given, the council may require a reserve contribution6, whereby a part of the land is given to the council.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
That was not the case and Māori in the South Island were left without land and without sufficient resources to take care of themselves and their whānau.
