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I Te Kooti Whenua Māori o Aotearoa
The Māori Land Court of New Zealand
(Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which the application was lodged)
Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
HE PĀNUI WHAKAMŌHIO MŌ TĒTAHI TONO KI TE KAIURUPARE (KI RARO I TE TURE E KĪA NEI
KO TE FAMILY PROTECTION ACT 1955, KI RARO RĀNEI I TE TURE E KĪA NEI KO TE
LAW REFORM (TESTAMENTAR...
The information
in this booklet does not apply to Māori reserves.
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Māori reservation land
Any Māori freehold land or any general land 1
may be set aside as a Māori reservation.
When one adds to the mix the underlying principles of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 – namely of land retention and land utilisation, in effect two competing principles – then the challenges facing Māori land owners and the Māori Land Court can be quite difficult.
APPLICATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori
land.
Nominations:
▪ Must be received on the official Māori
Land Court nomination form
▪ Forms can be obtained by either
contacting the Māori Land Court or by
way of the link, details for both are below
▪ Must be received by the Māori Land
Court on or before 4pm Friday, 21 July
2023
▪ Nominations must clearly identify the
block to which the person is being
nominated to.
Freehold titles are often divided by partition
order. The land retains the status of Māori land. The status of the land will continue
to be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing
the status of the land.
3.
Alienation involves an alienee (the person
who purchases or receives the interest in the
land), and an alienor (the person who sells or
parts with the interest in the land).
2 Land whose beneficial ownership the Māori
Land Court has determined by freehold order
(that is, the Court has created a title for the
land and determined the beneficial owners
to that land).
