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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.
To determine for how
long the first seven trustees will serve, at their first meeting they will draw from a hat numbers 1, 2 or 3 (with
the hat containing two Is, two 2s, and three 3s).
3.7 If any trustee resigns before serving a full term, or if a trustee passes away, the chairperson may either fill the
vacancy by calling on the candidate with the next highest number of votes at the last election or wait until the
next general meeting for the position to be filled by a...
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no.
Term Description
1 1.1 Trust Name
1.2 Tipuna Name
1.3 The Beneficiaries of the Trust
2 3.1 The minimum and maximum number of Trustees
3 3.7 and
Schedule 1
Default Trustee duties
4 4.1(b) The frequency of general meetings
6 7.1 The frequency of reviews of trust
MĀORI LAND COURT
STANDARD WHĀNAU TRUST ORDER
1
INTRODUCTION
A.
