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Combined partition
an owner or a group of owners may benefit
by combining their interests, held in two
neighbouring blocks, into one block. 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).
Wehenga ā-rōpū
Ka whai hua he kaipupuri, he rōpū kaipupuri
whenua rānei mēnā ka honoa ā rātou
rawa, mēnā e rua ngā poraka whenua ka
whakakotahitia hei poraka kotahi, arā mēnā
nō rātou a poraka a, ā, ka whai pānga anō
rātou ki roto i te poraka B. Ka āhei rātou
ki te tono mō tētahi wehenga ā-rōpū ki te
Kooti Whenua Māori, mēnā ka whakaae
ētahi atu o ngā kaipupuri o ngā poraka e
rua, kāti kua hangaia ko poraka Z. i roto i
ngā take wehenga katoa, me āta whai i ngā
huarahi tuku ton...
For
information about granting confirmation
of an instrument of alienation 1 or about
transfers of whole blocks of Māori land,
please contact a Māori Land Court office
(see page 6 for your nearest office).
2
Use of vesting orders
Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a
Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can
only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made
by the Māori Land Court.
A vesting order can be used to transfer Māori land shares:
• from one person to another on the sale or gift of the
shares
• to the trustee(s)6 of the landowners
• from a trustee, or representative, to the person beneficially
entitled to the shares
• to provide a dwelling site for an owner
• between owners to facilitate a partition of the land.
1. Alienation is when landowners grant certain rights of their land to another
person.
• You should also have time to read and check the
submission prepared by your case manager.
1. A claim or liability attached to property, for example a lease, a mortgage or a
charge.
2.
Whether or not the High Court has appointed a personal
representative, the MLC can make succession orders where:
• the deceased died before 1 July 1993 (the will applies)
• the deceased died between 1 July 1993 and 1 July 1994 (the
will applies as long as the will was signed before 1 July 1993)
• the deceased died after 1 July 1993 and will was signed
after 1 July 1993 (the will applies only if it complies with
the Act).
23.
The annual financial statements:
(a) must state the number of trustee meetings held in that financial year;
(b) must detail each individual payment made by the trust trustees in that financial year,
including any travel expenses, fees or any other payments;
(c) are to be made available to the beneficial owners at least 14 days before an annual
general meeting and must be produced at each annual general meeting for discussion;
and
(d) are to be filed with the relevant registr...
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2022 | Pipiri 2022
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2018 | Pipiri 2018
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
1
Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2020 | Pipiri 2020
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.