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It need
only have selected the top 20 trusts and incorporations in the country and surveyed
which of their initiatives in the last 20 years required the endorsement of the Court.
Exceptions include:
• a succession to further interests where
there has been previous succession to
the deceased person
• vesting of lands in a minor who has
turned 20 (provided that all appropriate
documentary evidence is filed with the
application).
Alternatively, the applications can be posted to:
Māori Land Court – Te Waipounamu Registry CJESP Building, Level 1, 20 Lichfield Street Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011
All SILNA hearings are heard in the Te Waipounamu Māori Land Court, Christchurch.
TOWARDS THE END OF
THE 19TH CENTURY,
AS A RESULT OF YET
FURTHER CHANGES, THE
CONCEPT OF ‘MĀORI
FREEHOLD LAND’ BEGAN
TO EMERGE.
20 | 21
The Court in Operation
in the 19th Century
The Native Land Court soon became a busy
institution, investigating titles to land all over
the country.
Further estimates, appeals and rehearings
20. If it becomes evident that actual costs will exceed the grant of Special Aid, the lawyer
must as soon as reasonably practicable file a further estimate together with reasons for
the increase in costs.
The lease has to be approved by the trustees of a trust, the committee of management
of a Māori Incorporation, or by the owners (where there is no administration structure) in
the same way that they approve a mortgage as set out above.
20. Where the lease has been approved by a Māori land trust or a Māori Incorporation (ss
150A and 150B of the Act):
(a) If the term of the lease is for less than 21 years (including any rights of renewal)
the lease does not have to be approved b...
If there is a trust, name
the trustees and the trust.
10 (n) Name the parent block.
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OCCUPATION ORDER
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Section 328
In the Māori Land Court
of New Zealand
[Rohe] District
IN THE MATTER of [Block name] being all the
land contained in [LINZ
identifier], [Registry]
AT a sitting of the Court held at [Venue] on [day] [month] 20[XX] before [full name of judge],
Judge
WHEREAS application has been filed by [applica...