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In other registries deceased estate management records have been managed as separate file
series and there may be more than one series of records to do with deceased estates.
Pōtitanga hei whakahaere i ngā paihere rawa whaiaro
Election to administer the estate
An election to administer an estate is where the Public Trust can apply to the High Court to administer a small estate without the need for a grant of administration.
If no one has been authorised to receive and
count the postal votes, the secretary of the
committee will be the authorised person
(the authorised person’s duties are set out in
Rule 20 of the constitution).
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17 A legal wife or husband.
18 A life interest (or life estate) gives a
person (usually a surviving spouse) the
right to receive income from the estate of
a deceased person.
If no one has been authorised to receive and
count the postal votes, the secretary of the
committee will be the authorised person
(the authorised person’s duties are set out in
Rule 20 of the constitution).
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17 A legal wife or husband.
18 A life interest (or life estate) gives a
person (usually a surviving spouse) the
right to receive income from the estate of
a deceased person.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLIC...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLIC...
AP-20230000019641
A20160006045
45/93 Tyson Charles
Schmidt
CJ 2016/47 - Te Keepa Tamitere or Peneti - and
orders made at 117 WP 96 (2 June 1949) -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20230000019642
A20160006047
45/93 Tyson Charles
Schmidt
CJ 2016/37 - Tamati Tuhiwai - and succession
orders made at 159 GIS 286-287 (26 November
2004) and 112 Rotorua MB 142 (22 March 1960) -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20230000019645
A20170003267
45/93 Olive Gilliland CJ 2017/8 - Paerau Te Wire...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTION:
APPLICA...
Any complexities arise from the inherent nature of Māori land estates and
not the succession process.
Invariably Māori land estates involve deceased owners who have not been
succeeded to for many years; there may be several generations of owners who
remain un-succeeded; owners often hold interests in multiple blocks; some interests
are held in a trustee capacity; most estates are intestate; where there are wills, there
are statutory restrictions on who may receive Māo...