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Combined partition
an owner or a group of owners may benefit
by combining their interests, held in two
neighbouring blocks, into one block. For
1 The legal ownership of property and the legal
evidence of a person’s ownership rights.
2 The division of Māori land into two or more
separate titles (partition).
Poutūterangi 2010
Nā Adrian Heke te whakaahua
2
Taitara 1 hanga tuarua me
te whakahou
Kei te wāhanga 288 o te Ture e whakatakoto
ana ngā take hei titiro mā te Kooti Whenua
Māori e pā ana ki te tono whakawehe 2,
whakahono 3, me te whakakotahi 4.
For
information about granting confirmation
of an instrument of alienation 1 or about
transfers of whole blocks of Māori land,
please contact a Māori Land Court office
(see page 6 for your nearest office).
2
Use of vesting orders
Except when Māori land 2 is vested 3 in a
Māori incorporation 4, Māori land shares can
only be transferred by a vesting order 5 made
by the Māori Land Court.
The beneficiaries are called the beneficial owners.
2. Before 6 February 2021, Māori reservations were established by notice in the
New Zealand Gazette.
For a Māori incorporation, the MLC must be satisfied:
• shareholders of the incorporation have been given clear
and specific notice of the application
• shareholders have passed a special resolution supporting
the application.
1. The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership
rights.
2.
• You should also have time to read and check the
submission prepared by your case manager.
1. A claim or liability attached to property, for example a lease, a mortgage or a
charge.
2.
Assets the Māori Land Court deals with
In most cases, the MLC can make succession orders for:
• any interest in Māori land
• any freehold interest owned by a Māori in general land⁷
(but only on application by a personal representative⁸
appointed by the High Court)
• any leasehold interest in a registered cross lease⁹ over
Māori land
1. The legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership
rights.
2.
(c) To give certainty to the parties, Step 1 must be completed within 21 days of the
parties agreeing in writing to adopt the ADR process, save that the parties may
extend this timeframe by mutual agreement in writing.