For 1 The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership rights. 2 The division of Māori land into two or more separate titles (partition). Alternatively the combination of two or more neighbouring blocks of land with shared interests into a single title (combined partition). 3 Amalgamation of titles occurs when the titles of two or more blocks of land are cancelled and a single title is issued for the whole of the area....
Amalgamation of titles occurs when the titles of two or more blocks of land are cancelled and a single title is issued for the whole of the area.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Much has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues. The project has proven, simply by the volume of work completed and by the number of title anomalies uncovered, that both title systems were in a parlous and unsatisfactory state.
order of the Māori Land Court dated: / / 2. Is title completed by survey? YES NO 3. Is there a Land Transfer / Land Information New Zealand title?
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (322 kb)
So we are dealing with multiple owners averaging 85 owners per title – the lowest 10% averaging 1 owner to each title, and the highest 10%, averaging 629 owners in each title.
Are there problems with those titles? Is the concern that the Court registry maintains title records in addition to Land Information New Zealand maintaining the legal title?
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: A20220009150 117/93 Treena Lee Watkins Joe Rangihawe Te Kaho or Joseph James Walker - Succession A20220009082 238/93, 240/93 Maria Waitokia Atene Marae Mäori Resevation Trust - Enforcement of obligations of trust and remove Desmond Canterbury, John Neil Ranginui, Michelle Hall, Teri Ta'ala and Tracey Waitokia as trustees A20220009045 231/93 Mäori Trustee Awarua 3B 2C 3B Trust - Review of trust A20220009448 117/93 Lyndon Stockley Jones, Car...
Documents/Panui/0724622-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-September-20221.pdf (541 kb)
Paneke are an opportunity for court users based in smaller towns and centres to meet with our kaimahi and kōrero about: completing application forms submitting an enquiry searching the court record updates on current applications and enquiries updating information in Pātaka Whenua other services normally available at a Māori Land Court office.
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Paneke are an opportunity for court users based in smaller towns and centres to meet with our kaimahi and kōrero about: completing application forms submitting an enquiry searching the court record updates on current applications and enquiries updating information in Pātaka Whenua other services normally available at a Māori Land Court office.
