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For example, you will need to be able to record that a
surviving spouse is entitled to income from a land interest that
they do not own, and that some owners are not entitled to the
income from their land interest.
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.
Māori Reservations is one of a series of Māori
Land Court booklets designed to help Māori
– and anyone else with an interest – to gain
a fuller understanding of current Māori land
matters.
The Clause relied upon in the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement for this determination is as follows:
“Clause 15.6.2 Manner of Identifying Successors and Their Interest in the SILNA Lands
Te Runanga and the Crown agree that the Crown, through the Minister of Māori Affairs, will request the Māori Land Court, pursuant to
section 29 of the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, to identify all of the Successors and their relative beneficial interest in the SILNA Lands...
The purpose of this is to allow those government
agencies to share information and hold consultation with potential owners to enable their informed decision making when it
comes to SILNA land interests. This is separate from the Court’s own processes and is not to be confused with any hui or Court
hearing lead by the Māori Land Court.
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Download the application form KIA MATAARA: It is extremely risky to use individual land interests in multiply owned Māori land as security for a loan.
Of the approximately 2.3 million ownership interests in Māori land, anecdotal evidence indicates that about half of these interests are held by deceased persons; many land interests are owned by the same person under multiple names; and many owners live far from their land and, in some cases, do not know they are owners of Māori land at all.
While a number of the sessions were not directly relevant to our work in the Māori Land Court, all sessions were interesting and had aspects which made you think about the work we do and how we do our work.
The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees,
the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.