Overall, the more simplified mediation process now included in the Act, premised on tikanga Māori and flexibility, is welcomed. The challenge now is to develop a robust and consistent framework, so that those owners of Māori Land who seek genuine resolution can use this service and avoid determinations that result in a winner and loser.
Conversely, another ahu whenua trust with assets in excess of $10 million and income exceeding $300,000.00 has less than 20 owners, and all of their addresses are known by the responsible trustee so an in person, telephone or postal ballot is a simple process.
Certainly, some successions do not require judicial oversight. But many do, and the key task in any reform of the Act will be to ensure that the Court retains an appropriate adjudicatory and facilitatory function, and that the succession process remains simple and transparent, as Māori have come to expect.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Being a registered user means you can: • Create and submit applications online. • Save and return to your incomplete applications
How-do-I-user-guides/Become-a-registered-Pataka-Whenua-user-v1-9.pdf (1.1 mb)
This information in my view should be brought together and made available to the Māori Land Court, and then to an owner who wishes to develop his land and needs to notify owners.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of February 2024, providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address, if any, and setting out your connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
Documents/Panui/MLC-National-Panui-February-2024-web.pdf (1015 kb)
Land (other than Māori customary land and Crown land reserved for Māori) that has not been alienated from the Crown for a subsisting estate in fee simple. 5.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
PAGE 1 of 15 This factsheet provides a glossary of common terms and abbreviations used in and by the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court Introduction The words and phrases listed in this glossary are used throughout Māori Land Court and our publications.
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These rules ensure that the Act’s intent is met – to promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners and their whānau and hapū6 and to facilitate the occupation, development and utilisation of that land for the benefit of its owners and their whānau and hapū.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
Mana and kaitiakitanga operate together as “right and responsibility”.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
