Footnotes
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instance, they may own block a and also
have an interest in block B. With the consent
of the other owners of both blocks, and by
making an application to the Māori Land
court for a combined partition, the interests
could be combined to create the new
block Z. in all partition cases, the general
procedure for a partition application should
be followed.
The minute books, that is, the books or binders containing the hard-copy record of the
proceedings of the Court; and
B. The files of the Court containing the hard-copy applications and other documents or
materials compiled by the Court in respect of each proceeding; and
C.
Instead, the key test is quite appropriately that there is no “meritorious
objection” to the formation of the trust (s 215(4)(b)). The drafters of the Act clearly
understood the dynamics of Māori land and Māori land owners.
If the Court considers that the order should be
completed without delay/issued without the appeal
period, the Court will declare the order to be
"completed without delay" and then the order can
be released immediately (Rule 7.5(2)(b) of the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011)
IWI
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.
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286-287 (26 November 2004) and
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