Ngā Pānui Mai i Te Whakamāene – Special Applications The earlier part of the reporting year saw a team focus on progressing new applications to Court in a timely fashion in conjunction with progressing our oldest on hand applications (being those applications on the team filed in 2013 or earlier).
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The Court agreed to a request by the applicants to appear, correspond, and be heard on the matter in te reo Māori.
I/We* seek an order based on this application without formal hearing. Yes/No* If Yes, the declaration at the end of this application must be completed. 25.
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You can bring whānau with you to court to support you and your application. If you are a whānau or hapū member who did not submit the application but would like to speak in Court, you can file a ‘ Notice of intention to appear upon application ’.
The practice note demystifies what can appear a complex subject, and support both whānau and lenders to improve access to finance for development activity on whenua Māori.
But this was understood at the time to be temporary. The applicants said that they had ‘agreed to dispose of this land to the Pakehas’ and a few days later the block was reallocated by the Court to ten named owners.
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If the Māori Land Court is satisfied with the application, it will issue an order of incorporation and appoint the initial committee of management.
If the Māori Land Court is satisfied with the application, it will issue an order of incorporation and appoint the initial committee of management.
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Apply online Download the application form Apply for an investigation into an incorporation Any officer, committee of management member, or employee of an incorporation can be required to appear in court and provide a written or oral report to a judge as part of an investigation.
When you submit an application, you’ll need to include information about the trust and trustees.
