Discussion on the (now completed) Māori Freehold Land Registration Project
01 Feb 2012 | NewsMuch has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues.
Much has been achieved by the project for Māori land owners, their whanau and hapu by giving greater certainty to title issues.
The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial (tribal) boundaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
You must own an interest in the land or be the beneficiary of a whānau trust that owns an interest in the land. The title of ownership remains with the landowners, but the occupation order may be passed on by succession.
Trustees Where the land is vested in trustees and where the trust order 14 allows, the trustees may negotiate the terms of an easement with the interested parties.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
Trustees Where the land is vested in trustees and where the trust order 14 allows, the trustees may negotiate the terms of an easement with the interested parties.
The Court cannot make Court orders 5 to set the land aside as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
We also made improvements later in the court process, deploying additional resources to complete and distrib- ute court orders reducing the number of outstanding orders by more than half.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
With shares held by individuals becoming increasingly fractionated but shares held in whānau trusts being relatively stable, I foresee a time when these whānau trusts will be major shareholders in trusts and incorporations.
Applying for a vesting order You must apply to the Māori Land Court for a vesting order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Applying for a vesting order You must apply to the Māori Land Court for a vesting order.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)