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THE ADEQUACY OF LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CULTURAL
HERITAGE AND CUSTOMARY RIGHTS IN NEW ZEALAND
Ka kuhu ahau ki te ture, hei matua mo te pani
I seek refuge in the law, for it is a parent of the oppressed (Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki)
Judge Te Kani Williams
An important starting point for this paper is setting out the fundamental basis upon which Māori connect
with their environment and their lands.
For
example: selling land gives the new owner
the ownership rights, leasing land gives the
lessee a limited right to occupy land in return
for payment of rent (and other conditions),
mortgaging land gives the mortgagee the
right to sell the land if the mortgage is not
repaid (refer to section 4 of the Act).
For
example: selling land gives the new owner
the ownership rights, leasing land gives the
lessee a limited right to occupy land in return
for payment of rent (and other conditions),
mortgaging land gives the mortgagee the
right to sell the land if the mortgage is not
repaid (refer to section 4 of the Act).
For
example: selling land gives the new owner
the ownership rights, leasing land gives the
lessee a limited right to occupy land in return
for payment of rent (and other conditions),
mortgaging land gives the mortgagee the
right to sell the land if the mortgage is not
repaid (refer to section 4 of the Act).
The Māori Land Court In 2003, the Minister of Māori Affairs applied to the Māori Land Court for an inquiry pursuant to s 29 TTWMA as to successors to the four remaining SILNA blocks.
Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land
to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.
An obvious corollary to that proposition is, subject to the available resources and infrastructure of the trust to cater for such procedures. For example, one ahu whenua trust has over 8,000 beneficial owners for an area of land less than 200 hectares with income of less than $10,000.00 per annum.
