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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.
Tākitimu
PĀNUI
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
A Special Sitting
via Zoom
Meeting ID: 856 429 8176
Thursday, 16 November 2023
Judge A M Thomas
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SP1 1:00PM AP-20230000032646 67/93 Deputy Registrar Aohanga Incorporation –
Judicial conference on an
application to remove
co...
Ngā tono $68
$68 applications
Succession to Māori land
Transfer of shares in Māori land
Establishment of a trust over Māori land
Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māori land
Determining the ownership of structures on Māori land
Occupation of Māori land
Ngā tono $228
$228 applications
Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māori land
Anything related to a Māori incorporation
Roadways, access, easements and surveys of Māori land
Co...
There are certain circumstances that may prevent a person from being an effective trustee, for example:
the trustee is convicted of an offence involving dishonesty
their location and contact information is unknown, or
the trustee is legally prohibited from being a director/promoter or taking part in the management of a company or incorporated/unincorporated body under the Companies Act 1993 , Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 , or the Takeovers Act 1993 .
For example: you can select Ruamata in the Land Block Name filter to show only these blocks.
Search for a block
You can find help when searching in the Search for a block guide here.
In 2017 an article in Te Karaka , Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu’s on-line magazine, noted: While work is almost complete on identifying successors for the Hāwea-Wānaka block, minimal mahi has been done for the Toitoi block and almost nothing for the remaining two blocks.
The primary purpose of both meetings will be to discuss:
• The Mouri Tūroa project and opportunities available for owners of the above blocks;
• Options to enable Mouri Tūroa to complete the proposed work, including but not restricted to:
o A limited powers Ahu Whenua Trust over some or all of the above clusters of blocks,
and election of trustee(s);
o The appointment of an agent to represent the owners of some or all of the above
clusters of blocks;
o A full powers...
