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With shares held by individuals becoming increasingly fractionated but shares held in whānautrusts being relatively stable, I foresee a time when these whānautrusts will be major shareholders in trusts and incorporations.
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FORM 23
Rule 12.3
TICK THE APPROPRIATE CHECKBOX:
The beneficiaries entitled to succeed have agreed to constitute a WhānauTrust and vest the interests
of the deceased into the proposed trustees.
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Kei ngā
Ture i muri mai ngā whakamāramatanga mō
tēnei āhuatanga.
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Ngā hea e puritia ana e te pūtea trust/
whānautrust
Mehemea e puritia ana ngā hea ki roto i te
rōpū kaitiaki pūtea, te rōpū kaitiaki whānau
rānei, me whakauru atu ngā ingoa o ngā
trusts 14 ki te rēhita hea, me ngā ingoa
tāngata nō rātou te whenua.
Ngā puka taupānga me te puka Tarahiti
Succession and Trust application forms
Form 20: Certificate by administrator
Rule 10.2(3), Sections 111 or 113
(PDF 378 kb)
Form 21: Succession (grant of administration)
Rule 10.2(2)(a), Sections 113 and 117
(PDF 510 kb)
Form 22: Succession (no grant of administration)
Rule 10.2(1),(2), Sections 113 and 118
(PDF 512 kb)
Form 23: Application for whānautrust (with succession)
Rule 12.3, Section...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:00 AM AP-20230000024022 18/93
26/93
Keri Ratima,
Heremia Ratima,
Taako Ratima
Otanemutu Lands Trust - To
determine a dispute arising under
fencing Act 1978 with respect to a
breach of contract and the torts of
negligence and nuisance
Taitokerau
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
At Whangārei
(via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/99314293400)
Courtroom 1, Māori Land Court, Second
Floor, 16 Rathbone Street, Whangārei
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Judge M P Armstrong
PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
1 10:00 AM AP-20230000020643
A202300...
Waipaoa 5A2 - Appeal 2026/5 -
Waipaoa 5A2 and a final decision
dismissing the application for
determination of ownership of
buildings made at 136 Tairāwhiti MB
295-323 on 12/12/2025 - Notice of
Appeal (Respondents: Wayne
Thompson, Rawiti Cotter and Mere
Kokiri-Tamanui as trustees of
Waipaoa 5A2 Trust)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP20 10:00 AM AP-20250000016332 18(1)/93
19(a)/93
19(ba)(i)/93
20(d)/93
79(1)/93
79(6)/93
The Trustees of
the Maketu A
102 Ahu
Whenua Trust
He whakataunga a te kooti mō
tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana
ngā pānga mō te poraka whenua o
Maketu A 102
Decision of the court to determine a
claim to a house on Maketu A 102
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP17 10:00AM AP-20250000001760 113/93
117/93
Vanessa Naomi
Rawinia Christie
He tauatanga ki a Christopher
Mark Williams
Succeed to the Māori land interests
of Christopher Mark Williams
SP18 10:00AM AP-20250000006927 18(1)(a)/93 Vanessa Naomi
Rawinia Christie
He whakataunga a te kooti mō
tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana
nō wai te whare ki runga i a
Waewaetutuki 7B 1B1
Decision of the court to determine a
claim to a house on Wae...