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NOTES TO ASSIST APPLICANTS
1 Death certificate
The original or photocopy should be filed. If a death certificate is not readily available by reasonable enquiry the
Court may accept other evidence as to death.
If you are not transferring shares to a member of the preferred class of alienee – you must seek Court
confirmation of that transfer by completing form 25.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM
(i) This form must be accompanied with the
appropriate application fee and be filed with
the Registrar in the District in which the land is
located;
(ii) Please ensure that all information required
on the form is completed;
(iii) Where tick boxes are provided please
ensure y...
The Court worked by means of
written applications filed in advance by Māori
people, for example to have title to their land
investigated, to have it partitioned, for relative
ownerships to be determined, for equitable
owners to be added to the title, and so forth.
Contents:
Applications for hearing in NOVEMBER | WHIRINGA-Ä-RANGI 2022:
(Please note that these in person hearings may be substituted for remote hearing by
Zoom depending on operating Covid-19 protocols)
2 - 9 Aotea District
10 - 15 Tairäwhiti District
16 - 27 Taitokerau District
28 - 32 Takitimu District
33 - 39 Te Waipounamu District
40 - 48 Waiariki District
49 - 62 Waikato Maniapoto District
63 - 74 Applications filed in the office of the Chief Registrar
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Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pira Māori Pūrongo-A-Tau - Matariki 2023 - 2024
ANNUAL
REPORT
Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court
Te Kooti Pīra Māori
Māori Appellate Court
Matariki 2023
Matariki 2024
2 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024
Nau mai e te ao
Haere mai i te pō
Kuhu mai…
Haere mai
Karanga/reo pōwhiri takes place, this is when
landowners and Court users file an application.
Have we given them the right application, are we
giving accurate guidelines on supporting docu-
ments, and are we clear what else they need to
provide?
fair and durable resolution tatūtanga mau roa, tōkeke hoki
filing / file whakatakotohia
final recommendation tūtohunga whakamutunga
financials tuhinga pūtea
finding of fact otinga mō ngā meka
finding otinga / kitenga
fragmentation whakawehewehe
function āheinga
funds pūtea
gifted takohatia
give appropriate weight tuku whakaarotanga e tika ana
grant (as in application) whakamana
general land whenua tianara
whenua tukupū
grant leave (to appear) tuku whaka...
Usually, an application for a
trustee’s removal is filed by the trustees or the beneficiaries.
In terms of Regulation 3(h), any trustee removed by the MLC
should not later be reappointed as a trustee for the same
reservation (removal by the Court is a disciplinary matter).
S315 - masters
APPLICATION FOR AN EASEMENT
Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, Section 315
In the Maori Land Court
of New Zealand
Aotea District
APPLICATION is hereby made for an easement laying out access as shown on the plan
filed herewith over the land known as
being:
(a) Maori freehold land; or
(b) European land that ceased to be Maori Land on or after 15 December 1913; or
(c) European land th...
Trustee reports to the Court
3.9 If required by the Court, a Trustee must file in the Court a written report and be available
to the Court for questioning on any matter relating to the administration of the Trust or to
Trustee performance.
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