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Through them, the wairua of the iwi of Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa and the other tribes of the district continue to pervade this beautiful space where the tikanga of our entire region’s voyaging, settlement and cultural traditions are on full display for all those who visit to enjoy and appreciate.
The Māori Land Court uses legal words that might feel different from the cultural values that connect you to your whenua. You will also hear our judges and staff regularly speaking te reo Māori during court hearings.
I have chosen to use the first edition of the re-launched Judges Corner to set out some basic information about Māori freehold land in 2011, and the steps currently being taken by the Māori Land Court to ensure owners of this land have access to all necessary information in relation to this land in our mutual work to enable the retention and utilisation of their whenua.
For the Māori Land Court, our focus is on being able to progress the successions as quickly as we can in order to update the lists of successors so that meetings of successors can be called.
One title would represent the totality of the shares currently held by the Seymour whanau (32.21252 shares) to be vested in (Phillip Douglas Seymour, Pauline Ruth McKay, Selwyn Gerald Martin Seymour, Edward James Seymour, and Caroline Ngawaiata Rowena Power) as to their respective shares, with the other title vested in the owners, being the whanāu of Tame Horomona Rehe.
The practice note demystifies what can appear a complex subject, and support both whānau and lenders to improve access to finance for development activity on whenua Māori.
Grounds for application:
I am a party to a contract or arrangement relating to the proposed transfer; or
I am the transferor/donor of the land or interest; or
I am a trustee for a person entitled to the land or interest
3. Consultation with whānau
I have consulted with my immediate whānau about this application; and
There are no objections from my whānau
4.
Many landowner journeys begin when a whānau member passes away and their land interests or shares in an incorporation are transferred to their whānau members.
