Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
An administrative structure similar to a company for managing Māori land vested in it by the Māori Land Court. http://justice.govt.nz/
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)
Māori land data updates Total Aotea Waiariki Waikato-Maniapoto Taitokerau Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Te Waipounamu Area (ha) of Māori Customary Land Titles by District 1,204.3 659.1 453.2 48.3 38.5 4.8 0.2 0 Total Aotea Waikato-Maniapoto Taitokerau Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Te Waipounamu Number of Māori Customary Land Titles by District 39 15 14 5 2 2 1 0 Total Taitokerau Tairāwhiti Waiariki Aotea Waikato-Maniapoto Te Waipounamu Tākitimu Number of Māori Free...
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
Exceptions include: • a succession to further interests where there has been previous succession to the deceased person • vesting of lands in a minor who has turned 20 (provided that all appropriate documentary evidence is filed with the application).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
1 THE ADEQUACY OF LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CUSTOMARY RIGHTS IN NEW ZEALAND Ka kuhu ahau ki te ture, hei matua mo te pani I seek refuge in the law, for it is a parent of the oppressed (Te Kooti Arikirangi Te…
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 11:30 AM AP-20240000013538 134/93 138/93 309/93 Christine Reumann Lot 1 DP 19064 block - Vesting block in the trustees of Kaiwaitau 1 Ahu Whenua Trust TAIRĀWHITI PĀNUI
The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust) succession orders (names of successors to an estate) vesting orders (transfers of shares in Māo...
Māori incorporations Whenua owned by several people can be administered through a Māori incorporation, which becomes the legal owner of the land and assets vested in it. The landowners become shareholders, and own shares in the incorporation rather than in an individual land block.
The trustees’ prior written consent is not needed for tangihanga. 11 The authority given by an owner of an interest in land to another person to vote on their behalf. 12 The minimum number of members that must be present at a meeting to make proceedings valid. 13 The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership rights. 14 A set of principles that form the constitution of an organisation. 15 The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is v...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
