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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.
IT SETS OUT THE GENERAL TERMS
THAT THE COURT MAY INCLUDE IN AN OCCUPATION ORDER ISSUED UNDER
SECTION 328 OF TE TURE WHENUA MĀORI ACT 1993.
2. THIS EXAMPLE HAS BEEN PREPARED TO INFORM PERSONS WHO SEEK AN
OCCUPATION ORDER OF THE TERMS THAT MAY BE GRANTED BY THE COURT IF THE
APPLICATION FOR AN OCCUPATION ORDER IS SUCCESSFUL.
If only certain members of the whānau (for
example, not all of the siblings of mum and dad) are vesting their interests into the whānau
trust, then name each of the persons vesting their interest in clause 1.2.
2. If any of the Tipuna are living when the whānau trust is established, include the reference to
“the Tipuna and” in clause 1.3.
2.
