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The Māori Land Court can make succession
orders for:
• any interest in Māori land
• any freehold interest owned by a Māori in
general land 7 (but only on application by
a personal representative 8 appointed by
the High Court)
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• any leasehold interest in a registered
cross lease 9 over Māori land
• money held by the Māori Trustee (or
any other agent, trustee 10, or Māori
incorporation) for the deceased derived
from Māori land
• interests in Tītī Islands (see page
Ko te mahi a ngā kaiwhakahaere, he whai kia
taka mai ngā whenua ki te hunga e tika ana.
5 Ki te huri taitara ngā kaipupuri whenua, ka
taka mai ngā hua me te mana kaipupuri ki te
kaiwhiwhi (ka āhei te tuku whenua ki tētahi
kaitiaki, ki tētahi atu tangata rānei).
6 He tono whai mana nā te Kooti Whenua
Māori, kia tuku i ngā rawa a te tangata mate
ki te tangata ora.
7 Ehara i te whenua Māori, ehara i te whenua
Karauna engari kei roto i ngā ringaringa o
te Māori.
8 He kait...
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).
Whakawehenga tūturu: Tirohia mēnā
kei te hāngai tō tono ki ngā ture
manaaki rauemi anō, mēnā ka whiwhi
whakaaetanga koe ki te hanga whare.
2 Whakaritea he hui ki ngā kaipupuri.
Me whakatū he hui i waenga i ngā kaipupuri
kia kite ai rātou i te tono, ā, kia riro mai tā
7 Mā te takahuri i te mana pupuri whenua,
ka riro i te kaiwhiwihi te mana whenua me
ngā tikanga katoa o taua whenua (ka āhei te
tuku i te whenua ki te kaitiaki, ki tētahi atu
tangata rānei).
8 Ko ngā ka...
The beneficiaries are called the beneficial
owners.
7 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.
8 A subtribe or kin group that is linked by a
common ancestor.
9 Māori custom.
10 The owner of a beneficial interest in land.
The beneficiaries are called the beneficial
owners.
8. Common term for a trust order is a trust deed, which is the term used in the
Trusts Act 2019.
9.
The beneficiaries are called the beneficial owners.
2. Before 6 February 2021, Māori reservations were established by notice in the
New Zealand Gazette.
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).
A claim or liability attached to property, for example a lease, a mortgage or a
charge.
2. When the High Court confirms the appointment of an executor to administer the
will of a deceased person, the authority for that person to act is given in a grant of
probate.
3.
