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PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā , ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
Chief Judge application
To be heard via Zoom
26 March 2024
Chief Judge C L Fox
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NUI NO:
TIME: APPLICATION NO: S...
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The Māori Land Court of New Zealand
(Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located)
Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
SUBJECT OF APPLICATION - BLOCK / DECEASED / OTHER MATTER:
(State name and block number of land, Māori incorporation, person or ot...
S Overall, an average Māori land block has a size of 53.06ha and 114 owners.
S The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,287,810.
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The Māori Land Court of New Zealand
(Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some or all of the lands or the subject matter of the application is located)
Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
BLOCK(S):
NAME OF TRUST OR MĀORI RESERVATION:
APPLICATION:
I / We ........................................................
The historical list of owners has a written note recording that the block was a state
forest,11 which may have been a mistake and the cause of the land record falling
through the cracks.
Ahu whenua and whenua tōpū trusts are
land management trusts and generally involve whole
blocks of land.
• Kaitiaki trust
A kaitiaki trust relates solely to an individual who is a
minor5 or has a disability6 and is unable to manage their
own affairs.
A
composite title is issued to each house owner, comprising: (a) the freehold share
of the lessee in the whole block and (b) the leasehold interest of the lessee in the
individual site.
The benefits of an ahu whenua trust include:
a greater opportunity to use the land
trustees can be appointed to administer and manage the block
owners can participate in meetings and decisions about the direction of the trust
the trust becomes the single point of contact for the block, and
the trust is a legal entity and trustees can set up a bank account to hold any funds for the beneficiaries.
In some cases there
are hundreds of owners for one block or
title 1. When an owner dies, it is important
to transfer his or her interests to whoever
is entitled to receive those interests.
In some cases there
are hundreds of owners for one block or
title 1. When an owner dies, it is important
to transfer his or her interests to whoever
is entitled to receive those interests.