Prior to its integration into the Department for Courts and Ministry of Justice, the Māori Land Court was part of a section within the Department of Māori Affairs (often referred to as the court section).
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YES NO 8. We produce our own draft order; OR YES NO We wish to use the Court’s standard trust order.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (121 kb)
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.
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The blocks of land are no longer separate (refer to section 307 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993). 26.
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A sketch plan or plans providing the following information is enclosed: details of the parent block showing the boundaries of the existing title.
There are 38 original owners who all resided at Kawatiri. Block name: Sections 1 to 7, 9 to 17, 19 to 28 and 31 to 33 Block I and Sections 1 to 4, 8 and 10 to 13 Block V Whakapoai Survey District (Whakapoai Land (South Island Landless Native Act 1906)) Block ID: 296781 Hectares: 647.4974 Shares: 1600 Poraka SILNA o Port Adventure Port Adventure SILNA block Port Adventure Block is located on Rakiura.
Where there are more than three 7. In its legal use, this means physical or mental disablement that, in the opinion of the Court, results in a person lacking, wholly or partly, the competence to manage their affairs in relation to their property. 8.
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One case where it did so was the Te Ahuaturanga block in the Wairarapa, a block of 21,000 acres in the Wairarapa, vested by Judge Rogan in the Rangitāne iwi on 8 September 1870.
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Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906) The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Toitoi Land (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
S Overall, an average Māori land block has a size of 52.64 ha and 111 owners. S The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,136.458.
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