Currently, the land is effectively held in trust until the owners can receive the land. There are 308 original owners.
After they confirm who the owners are, the trustees will look at ways the land could be used to generate income and provide benefits for all owners.
• What do the owners think overall? • How will the proposal affect the owners’ interests and the best use of the land?
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Persons bound to deal with property on behalf of the owners or beneficiaries. The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing them as trustee for the land is registered against the title.
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It is also rarely being used by owners in their capacity as owners. If they have possession of the land they will have, in most cases, an Occupation Order or a leasing arrangement with the owners.
These rules ensure that the Act’s kaupapa is met – to promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners and their whānau and hapū 4 and to facilitate the occupation, development, and utilisation of that land for the benefit of its owners and their whānau and hapū.
These rules ensure that the Act’s kaupapa is met – to promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners and their whānau and hapū 4 and to facilitate the occupation, development, and utilisation of that land for the benefit of its owners and their whānau and hapū.
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Benefits Descendants are involved as owners of the land and exercise their voting rights sooner.
A trustee does not have to be an owner in the land. The Court, though, needs to be satisfied that the trustee is a “worthy appointee”.
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The trustees were able to grant licences to occupy to owners within their respective areas to enable them to obtain Housing Corporation finance under the papakāinga housing scheme.
