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Exceptions to general power of trustees
The trustees must not:
(a) sell or gift any of the trust land except by a court-approved exchange of land or by a
settlement under the Public Works Act 1981 or similar legal authority;
(b) use any of their powers for a purpose not set out clause 2.2.
The report consists of an executive summary (pages 3-13), a background discussion
of Māori land and the Panel’s process (pages 14-16), an explanation of the Panel’s
principle-based approach and discussion document (pages 17-20), a summaryof
feedback from submitters (pages 21-28), and the Panel’s recommendations (pages
29-31).
MLC- FS1 - Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017. PAGE 1 of 12
This factsheet provides information about, and a summaryof, abbreviations used
for minute books of the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
Introduction
In the 150 year history of the Māori Land Court
evidence and decisions have been recorded in local
(and more) recently national minute books.
Of the districts,
Waiariki received the largest share of new applica-
tions, with a total of 1,427 or 27 per cent of all new
applications received nationally.
Former Chief Māori Land Court Judge, who then became a
Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land;
Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as
members of it.
Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the
time of this publication are listed. For more information,
please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.
Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the
time of this publication are listed. For more information,
please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.
Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the
time of this publication are listed. For more information,
please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.
Only applications and sittings that were confirmed at the
time of this publication are listed. For more information,
please contact your local Mäori Land Court office.