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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 7 10:00 AM AP-20240000001802 19(1)(a)/93 Deputy Registrar
c/- Ngati
Moerewa o
MHKM Māori
Incorporation
Ultimate Holding
Company,
Shearing
Services
Kamupene Ltd,
and Tarahau
Farming Ltd
Motatau 5E25F,
Maungakawakawa 20,
PT Motatau 5E12A,
Kotuku E, and Murihiku
– Injunction against any
person in respect of any
actual threatened
trespass or other injury
to any Māori land or
Māori Reservation
(Respondents: Attorney
General of NZ, and...
Chief Judge Fox (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau a Apanui) is the 17th
Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, and the first wahine Māori to hold the role.
The Chief Justice notes Chief Judge Fox’s long and exemplary service to the
Court.
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Notification of applications that have not
been finally determined
(over 6 months old)
31 May 2022
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule
5.
Occupation orders can
now be granted not only to the landowner or any person
entitled to succeed to their interest, but also to beneficiaries
of the whānau trust that holds a beneficial interest in the
land. Where that land is vested in a trust or an incorporation,
such an order will only be made with the consent of the trust
or management committee, and may be made for a specified
period.
Legislative changes affecting trusts
Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021
Updated provisions for removing a trustee
The Act now allows for the Māori Land Court to remove a
trustee if it is satisfied that they have lost the capacity to
perform their functions as a trustee, or that their removal is
desirable for the proper execution of the trust (for example
because they repeatedly refuse or fail to act as a trustee, they
become an undischarged bankrupt, or they are no longer
suitab...
At least one trustee must hold other core trust documents such
as records of the trust’s property, records of trustee decisions, and
accounting records and financial statements.
Section 5 of the 1865 Act provided
for the establishment of a judicial body having
the status of a Court of record, consisting of ‘one
Judge … who shall be called the Chief Judge’, as
well as ‘other Judges’ who were to hold office
‘during good behaviour’ (i.e. the formula used
for the superior Courts of record).
