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APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
A20220010862 113/93,
118/93,
214/93
Joshua David
Haereroa
Alfred Peke Banks Haereroa - Succession and
Whänau Trust
A20220011305 150A/93 Barbara Iritekura
Taylor
Barbara Iritekura Taylor - Licence to Occupy
Waitakaro C
A20220011309 150A/93 Dorothy Roelofje
Taylor
Dorothy Roelofje Taylor - Licence to Occupay
Waitakaro C
A20220010923 98(9)/93 Preston Epplett Francis Guthrie Smith - Application for Payment from
the Mäori Land Court Specia...
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
32 A20220013466 239/93 Graham Frederick
Dixon
Manawatu Kukutauaki 3 Section 2D2 Trust -
Reduce trustees on Resignation of Graham
Frederick Dixon
33 A20220013625 86/93 Deputy Registrar Wireko Itamara Wharerau Whänau Trust
-Amendment of Court record
34 A20220011734 18(1)(a)/93 Barry Wayne
Whakaneke
Constance Mamae Whakaneke - Determination of
a life interest
35 A20220010046 118(6)/93 June Rogan Haami Wahakaanga Makao - Suc...
PÄNUI
NO:
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
46 A20220018571 118(6)/93 Damon Paul Ritai Pamela Waru also known as Pamela Ritai or
Pamela Te Urumairangi Ritai - Succession (further
interests)
47 A20220017969 113/93,
117/93
Vanessa Joy Carroll Belinda Eileen Carroll - Succession
48 A20220017534 244/93,
220/93
Katarina Hohepa Whakarongotai Charles Muraahi Whänau Trust
- Variation of trust and Vest further interests of
Beverley Moana Muraahi in trustees
49 A20220014593 118(6)...
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
A20230003684 113/93,
118/93
Rahora Elianna Grant Ada Fotu also known as Ada Kereopa or Ada Grant
or Ada Wilson and Ada Ann Wilson - Succession
A20230003965 164/93 Ben Waaka Ahipara A3A2 - Transfer of shares by way of gift
from Ben Waaka to Samuel Evan Ruke and Tracy
Charlotte Maree Ruke
A20230004004 113/93,
118/93,
214/93
Joseph Xsaviour
Kopani Witika-Pongi
Ane Taniora Witika – Succession, constitute the
Ane Taniora Witika’s Whanau Trus...
You
do not need to file separate applications for
each district.
1 The official record of legal ownership of
property and the legal evidence of a person’s
ownership rights.
2 A person who receives, as of right, a share of
a deceased person’s estate.
3 Someone who is given authority by the
High Court to manage and administer the
estate of a deceased person.
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.
Footnotes
32
Important changes to the rules governing
Māori incorporations were brought about
by Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and
the Māori Incorporations Constitution
Regulations 1994.
The titles remain
separate, but there is only one common
ownership list for all aggregated land (refer
to section 308 of the Act).
5 A subtribe or kin group that is linked by a
common ancestor.
6 A tract of land set aside for a community
purpose when land is subdivided.
Footnotes
32
Title1 reconstruction and
improvement
Section 288 of the act sets out the matters
to be considered by the Māori Land
court for partition 2, amalgamation 3, and
aggregat...
