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(state full name),
apply to the Court to constitute a whānau trust in respect of:
tick as appropriate
all my/our land interests
the land interests listed in the schedule hereto
Details of proposed whānau trust:
1.
When this happens, descendants
who do whakapapa to the land are often not entitled to succeed
to their land interest or shares until the spouse or partner enters
a new relationship, dies or surrenders their interest.
The Māori Land Court is conducting an
inquiry to establish the successors to SILNA lands pursuant to Section 29, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 in accordance
with an application filled by the Minister of Māori Affairs, currently under application A20180009373.
In his classic book Māori Land Tenure
(1977) Sir Hugh Kawharu wrote that the system
of Māori land tenure created by the Native Lands
Act of 1865 was an ‘engine of destruction for
any tribe’s tenure of land, anywhere’ (p 15).
This class of records also includes information related to making changes to land title through the
sale of Māori land, transfer of shares in Māori land between owners or to new shareholders,
alienation of Māori land by lease or license, including the licensing of timber, flax and mineral
rights.
Trusts can be 'interest based' or 'land based'. Interest based trusts hold interests (or shares in Māori land blocks, while ‘land based’ trusts may manage a Māori land block or blocks on behalf of landowners.
certify that the person(s) named and described in the Schedule attached to this document are entitled to succeed
to the beneficial interests in the land described in that Schedule, and that each person is to receive the shares or
proportion of shares set out opposite the name of that person.
(e) If the parties cannot agree on a mediator, then one will be appointed by a Judge
of the Māori Land Court in the district where the relevant land is located.