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For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
PROPOSED TRUSTEES TO BE APPOINTED:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Signed by the Applicant (s):
Dated: / /
Dated: / /
NOTE: (i) Consents of all beneficiaries to an estate must be filed.
(ii) Consents of all trustees must be filed.
This form may be used by the executor(s)/administrator(s) of an estate to certify those persons entitled to the Māori
freehold land interests held by the estate, and/or in the case of a deceased Māori, any General Land intrests.
You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust)
succession orders (names of successors to an estate)
vesting orders (transfers of shares in Māo...
When the High Court appoints a person to administer the estate of a deceased
person (generally where there is no will or if the will does not name an executor),
the Court’s authority for that person to act is given in a grant of letters of
administration.
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We had a fantastic five years in Rarotonga and subsequently I worked as a corporate lawyer for about 16 years in areas as diverse as banking, commercial real estate and local government. Eight of those years were spent overseas; in Rarotonga, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Land (other than Māori customary land and Crown land reserved for Māori)
that has not been alienated from the Crown for a subsisting estate in fee simple.
5. A person who has not yet reached the age of 20 years.
6.
At the end of the hearing the Judge may do
one of several things:
• make the order you were seeking
• adjourn the hearing to another date,
and possibly another venue, if more
information or evidence is needed
• “reserve” the decision (ie put the
matter aside to be considered further
by the Judge and for a written decision
to be issued at a later date)
• dismiss the application if the Judge is
not prepared to make the order you
were seeking.
1 A claim or liability attached to pr...
