This practice note is subject to Part 16 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 (Rules). 3. This practice note applies to the use of the Special Aid Fund by the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court (Court).
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
For example, you will need to be able to record that a surviving spouse is entitled to income from a land interest that they do not own, and that some owners are not entitled to the income from their land interest.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
Te Puna Manawa Whenua is written by Māori Land Court judges. It is overseen by a judicial editing komiti, comprised of Māori Land Court judges, supported by legal research counsel from the Māori Land Court.
During the Level 4 lockdown, like the rest of New Zealanders, all Māori Land Court staff were required to work from home.
As a result of the project, registration of 97% of the 27,411 Māori land titles was completed. It has required hundreds of hours of human resource time, with a large percentage of that time derived from the Maori Land Court judges.
She is a member of the Waitangi Tribunal, serving as the Deputy Chairperson from 2010 to 2015. Kaiwhakawā Sarah Reeves Te Ātiawa Judge Sarah Reeves was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 10 December 2010.
I am the 114th Judge of the Maori Land Court. But, of course, I am not the first graduate from this university to be appointed to the Maori Land Court bench.
Secondly, from 2020 to 2025 the Tribunal will substantially advance and complete kaupapa and contemporary claims.
If an owner with Māori Land interests is deceased, and a succession has not previously been dealt with by the Court or a Registrar, you can use this form to seek a determination from the Court as to those persons entitled to a deceased’s Māori Land interests and an order transferring the interests to those entitled.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (216 kb)
As a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
