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The 1865
Act was much more detailed than its 1862
predecessor. Section 5 of the 1865 Act provided
for the establishment of a judicial body having
the status of a Court of record, consisting of ‘one
Judge … who shall be called the Chief Judge’, as
well as ‘other Judges’ who were to hold office
‘during good behaviour’ (i.e. the formula used
for the superior Courts of record).
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0004/latest/DLM289882.html
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0004/latest/DLM289882.html
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2007/0091/latest/DLM968962.html
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0004/latest/DLM291513.html
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0004/latest/DLM291531.html
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0004/latest/DLM292109.html
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Step 1: Inform whānau of your plans
Step 2: Organise a hui
Step 3: Hold a hui
Step 4: Reach agreement
Step 5: Submit an application
Interest based trusts
Land based trusts and incorporations Step 1: Inform whānau of your plans
You will need to have a conversation with your whānau to advise them of your plans to set up a trust or an incorporation.
The minimum number
of trustees for a reservation is two people (unless the trustee
is a body corporate6, such as a Māori trust board or a Māori
incorporation).
5. A subtribe or kin group that is linked by a common ancestor.
6.
HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SILNA WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 9 SEPTEMBER 2021
The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the
Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wanaka Survey District)
under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
This does not
mean a trustee must treat all beneficiaries equally, but all
beneficiaries must be treated in accordance with the terms of
the trust.
5. Owner(s) of shares of land held within a trust.
There are two types of grant: (a) Where a person dies leaving a valid will, a grant
of probate may be made to the executor(s) named in the will (although in rare
cases, formal administration may be granted to someone other than the named
executors); (b) Where a person dies intestate (without a will), a grant of letters of
administration is obtained.
5. A change of ownership of land gives the recipient of that interest ownership and
its associated rights.
Our current judges Chief Judge Caren Fox
Ngāti Porou Chief Judge Caren Fox was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 1 October 2000 and was later appointed as Deputy Chief Judge on 20 February 2010. On 5 July 2023 Judge Fox was appointed Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court.
Only 17% of Māori knew how to speak te reo, only 5% of our children in schools could speak te reo, and furthermore, there were people of that time who declared there was no benefit in teaching te reo and no benefit in the continued survival of te reo Māori.
