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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.
For a Māori incorporation, the MLC must be satisfied:
• shareholders of the incorporation have been given clear
and specific notice of the application
• shareholders have passed a special resolution supporting
the application.
1. The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership
rights.
2.
• You should also have time to read and check the
submission prepared by your case manager.
1. A claim or liability attached to property, for example a lease, a mortgage or a
charge.
2.
Assets the Māori Land Court deals with
In most cases, the MLC can make succession orders for:
• any interest in Māori land
• any freehold interest owned by a Māori in general land⁷
(but only on application by a personal representative⁸
appointed by the High Court)
• any leasehold interest in a registered cross lease⁹ over
Māori land
1. The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership
rights.
2.
Step 2- Mandatory Mediation
(d) If Step 1 fails to resolve the dispute, then a mandatory mediation must be held
within 60 days of Step 1 ending, save that the parties may extend this timeframe
by mutual agreement in writing.
To determine for how
long the first seven trustees will serve, at their first meeting they will draw from a hat numbers 1, 2 or 3 (with
the hat containing two Is, two 2s, and three 3s).
3.7 If any trustee resigns before serving a full term, or if a trustee passes away, the chairperson may either fill the
vacancy by calling on the candidate with the next highest number of votes at the last election or wait until the
next general meeting for the position to be filled by a newl...
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no.
Term Description
1 1.1 Trust Name
1.2 Tipuna Name
1.3 The Beneficiaries of the Trust
2 3.1 The minimum and maximum number of Trustees
3 3.7 and
Schedule 1
Default Trustee duties
4 4.1(b) The frequency of general meetings
6 7.1 The frequency of reviews of trust
MĀORI LAND COURT
STANDARD WHĀNAU TRUST ORDER
1
INTRODUCTION
A.
