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 Land Trust);
Ownership Only (ownership interests in secondary property rights such as easements,
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Similarly, many
will hold shares in publicly listed companies. Generally, these interests will be such that
they are unlikely to be affected by a particular piece of litigation and they are commonly
disregarded.
Ngā mātāpono whānui
General Principles
4. The following relevant guiding principles apply to the use of the Special Aid Fund:2
4.1 The Māori Land Court Special Aid Fund is not a general legal aid fund.
4.2 The use of the word "special" in s 98 of the Act is a qualifying indicator of how the
fund is to be applied, and denotes something distinguished from others of its kind;
for a specific purpose; exceptional; particular.
4.3 Any applications for grants from the Specia...
In your application, you’ll need to provide:
evidence that there were errors made in the election process and should be declared invalid, and
evidence to show general support that those errors did in fact happen.
Apart from the general principles underlying the statute, and the general objectives that the Court must take account of, there is very little guidance in Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 as to the matters the Court should consider when deciding whether to set aside land as a new urupā.
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GENERAL FORM OF APPLICATION
Act: Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 or ..................................................................................
While the project also threw up issues for improvement, generally I think we can be satisfied that the Māori Land Court is the most appropriate mechanism for administering Maori Land titles, so long as every order is reflected in the LINZ system.
In the employment dispute context, mediators are required to certify settlements and general
template agreements are available. The key difference is that the remedies for resolving
employment disputes are generally highly regulated by the law.
