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(such as receipts, invoices and income details)
Signed by the Applicant(s) or on behalf of claimant group
Dated: / /
Dated: / /
Dated: / /
Dated: / /
If the applicant is a trust board, trust, or other legal entity, the application
must be signed under the common seal or other legal form appropriate to
that body.
For example, an
application for succession will require a
death certificate, any grant of administration
(probate 2 or letters of administration 3) or the
original will, minutes of a whānau meeting if
a whānau trust is required and consents of
the proposed trustees.
1
Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2012 | Pipiri 2012
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.
Trusts / Incorporations
(Note: # Trusts = Total Number of Trusts, # Blks with Trusts
1
Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2013 | Pipiri 2013
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.
Trusts / Incorporations
(Note: # Trusts = Total Number of Trusts, # Blks wi...
1
Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2012 | Pipiri 2012
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.
Trusts / Incorporations
(Note: # Trusts = Total Number of Trusts, # Blks with Trusts
1
Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2013 | Pipiri 2013
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.
Trusts / Incorporations
(Note: # Trusts = Total Number of Trusts, # Blks wi...
E wātea ana ngā kaipupuri whenua ki te
whakatū i ētahi tāngata tohunga pēnei i
te rōia, te kaikaute pūtea, he kaitohutohu
mahi pāmu, te Poari Kaitiaki Māori, he rōpū
whakahaere tikanga 18, he kaporeihana
Māori, te Trust Māori, te Trust ā-iwi, he trust
kamupene hei trust.
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.