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Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the
descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries)
If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.
(The legal representative must complete questions 10 and 11)
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
APPLICATION
SEEKING MĀORI LAND COURT SPECIAL AID
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Section 98(3) or 98(9)
Form 53
Rule 16.1(3)
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5.
No one, though, can be appointed
or continue to be a member who is or becomes:
• subject to a compulsory treatment order made under
Part 2 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and
Treatment) Act 1992
• a bankrupt who hasn’t been discharged
• convicted of any offence punishable by imprisonment for
a term of six months or more, unless sentence has been
served.
Where the relevant tikanga does not recognise a relationship
that entitles whāngai to succeed, the Māori Land Court may
issue a court order giving whāngai a lifetime right to receive
income or grants from the land or the right to occupy the
family home on the land, or both.
First, what it is that might possibly lead to a reasonable apprehension by a fully
informed observer that the judge might decide the case other than on its merits;
and
2.
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• Alienation: Some offices kept specific series
relating to the lease and sale of Māori Land
which required confirmation of the local District
Māori Land Board
• Judicial: In some cases, early judicial officers
would maintain their own minute book series for
specific investigations or because they would be
away from a regional centre for long periods of
time
• Quasi-judicial: Where a Registrar or Deputy
Registrar acted in a quasi-jud...
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An index of past and present judicial officers of
the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court
1 May 2018
Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947
Judge Date appointed
John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864
Matikikuha 25 June 1864
Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864
Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864
George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864
P...
He tauira tēnei, ko te tono
mō ngā pānga whenua o te tangata mate,
me whai tiwhikete rēhitatanga o te matenga
o taua tangata rā, he tuku whakahaerenga
(tono whakamau wira 2, ngā reta tuku
whakahaere 3 rānei), te wira tuatahi rānei,
ngā kōrero mai i te hui ā-whānau mēnā kei
te whakatūria he rōpū Kaitiaki Whānau, arā
Whānau Trust me ngā whakaaetanga o ngā
tāngata ka whakaingoatia ki runga ki te trust.