The Māori Land Court can make succession
orders for:
• any interest in Māori land
• any freehold interest owned by a Māori in
general land 7 (but only on application by
a personal representative 8 appointed by
the High Court)
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• any leasehold interest in a registered
cross lease 9 over Māori land
• money held by the Māori Trustee (or
any other agent, trustee 10, or Māori
incorporation) for the deceased derived
from Māori land
• interests in Tītī Islands (see page 8)
• in...
• Ngā whiwhinga wātea a te Māori kei roto
i ngā whenua whānui 7 (engari me tono
mai anō tētahi māngai 8 tūturu kua tohua i
raro i te mana o te Kooti Teitei)
Seek a cost estimate for a valuation of
and report on the proposed partition and
the balance of the block.
7 Determine the feasibility of the proposal.
The Act recognises that blocks of Māori land
are generally owned by people connected
to each other and to the land through kin
groups, such as iwi 7 and hapū 8. In order to
preserve the kin groups, the Act restricts
the type of people to whom land can be sold
or gifted.
Section 164 of the Act applies.
7. The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin
groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial
(tribal) boundaries.
8.
Physical or mental disablement that, in the opinion of the court, results in
a person lacking, wholly or partly, the competence to manage their affairs in
relation to their property.
7. A person(s) bound to deal with property on behalf of the owners or beneficiaries.
Where there are more than three
7. In its legal use, this means physical or mental disablement that, in the opinion of
the Court, results in a person lacking, wholly or partly, the competence to manage
their affairs in relation to their property.
8.
