One of the real benefits of this project is that now the majority of Māori land titles are defined as to survey, which will enable a full certificate of title or provisional certificate of title to be obtained. In simple terms this means that the boundaries and areas of Māori land are now clearly marked, identified and registered as a certificate of title.
Your ap lication may be determined by a Registrar if it is simple and ncontested, as described in section 235A of Te Ture Whenua Māori A 1993.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (267 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. A person who has not yet reached the age of 20 years. 6.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
Titles can issue for land that is owned outright ('fee simple') or they can issue for a lesser estate such as for a lease ('leasehold').
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
The Court may, if it considers it is in the interests of the owners to do so, make an order incorporating as a Māori incorporation the owners of any one or more areas of Māori freehold land, of which at least one area is owned for a legal estate in fee simple by two or more owners (whether any such owner is entitled beneficially or as trustee). 2.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
Since the treaty had not been incorporated into domestic law, it was a ‘simple nullity’. It is from this base that, in New Zealand in 2022, our Courts are now issuing decisions decreeing that tikanga Māori is part of our common law in New Zealand.
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The clause highlighted in pink allows the beneficial owners to call for a poll, which allows votes to be cast according to shareholding in the trust rather than by a simple majority of those present at the meeting.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
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Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pīra Māori Pūrongo-Ā-Tau Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023 Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te Kooti Pīra Māori Māori Appellate Court PŪRONGO Ā-TAU Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023 2 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023 Nau mai e…
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