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CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
Statement signed by alienee setting out how he or she is a member of the preferred class (if applicable),
including any necessary whakapapa details
Original instrument of alienation, properly executed and attested, and two copies
Special valuation of the land any improvements thereon, or interests in the land, by a registered valuer; or
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When you have located the correct owner name and it is displayed in the Search results area,
click the name in the Owner name column to open the ownership information page.
If the individual owns more shares than are needed for an occupation order of this size, the rest of the shares remain in the block for the use of all the shareholders. It is important to bear in mind that an occupation order is not like a partition, where your whole shareholding is taken out of the block.
The register can be in either physical form or electronic, kept at the registered office or principal place of business, and must be made available for inspection by shareholders or any person authorised in writing by a shareholder.
Original Grantees of the Hāwea/Wānaka SILNA Block
Note: Abode refers to the place of residence for the individual as listed in the Native Land
Register for the Wānaka Block 1895.
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 50 people
having received their SILNA land.
The working list of potential owners has been updated through applications to substitute
deceased owners on the list.