In 2005 the Government provided over $30 million over a five year period to fund the Māori Freehold Land Project in a joint venture between the Māori Land Court, LINZ, the Ministry of Justice and TPK to ensure the registration of all Māori freehold land titles and orders with LINZ.
This is the reason why the Māori Freehold Land Registration project was so important.
A mortgage or loan may be acquired by: the sole owner of a Māori land block all the owners of a Māori land block acting together the trustees of a Māori land block who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or a Māori Incorporation which holds Māori land.
The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).
Tairāwhiti PĀNUI He pānuitanga tēnei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o nga tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai Special Hearing Māori Land Court, Te Whare o te Ra, Nga Wai e Rua Building 60 Reads Quay, Gisborne Wednesday 7 February 2024 Chief Judge C L Fox presiding PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP1 1:00PM AP-20230000036102 18(1)(c)/93 18(1)(d)/9...
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
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
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
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Changes also strengthen the protections for Māori land. For example, when whenua is changed from Māori customary land to Māori freehold land, the interests of the owners will not be individualised.
1 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Māori Agribusiness in New Zealand: A study of the Māori Freehold Land Resource, March 2011; and Te Puni Kokiri, Ko ngā Tūmanako o ngā Tāngata Whai Whenua Māori – Owner Aspirations Regarding the Utilisation of Māori Land, April 2011.
S315 - masters APPLICATION FOR AN EASEMENT Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, Section 315 In the Maori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District APPLICATION is hereby made for an easement laying out access as shown on the plan filed herewith over the land known as being: (a) Maori freehold land; or (b) European land that ceased to be Maori L...
