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Alternatively, to negotiate a new 10-year lease (or such other term as may be agreed) between the owners and the current lessee on the same, or substantially similar terms.
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Applying for succession
Succession application types
Succession and whāngai
Succession with no living descendants
Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title of land.
OCCUPATION ORDER:
An occupation order provides the right to build on a piece of
land owned by multiple owners (but does not grant a title of
ownership over that piece of land).
External link
Māori Assembled Owners Regulations 1995
Sets out the rules on how a meeting of owners of Māori land must be held, how it is recorded and how the outcomes are reported.
Rental for the second 5 yearly
period to be negotiated between the nominated agent or trustee(s) of the owners and
the lessee. Failing agreement by arbitration.
Rental for the second 5 yearly period to
be negotiated between the nominated agent or trustee(s) of the owners and the lessee.
Failing agreement by arbitration.
Trustee responsibilities can include:
researching options for the whenua on behalf of owners
attending regular trustee meetings to discuss and debate plans for the trust
communicating with owners and organising hui for owners or trustees to discuss plans for the whenua
visiting the whenua regularly to check on the wellbeing of the land, and
working with people involved in the whenua or trust, such as a lessee, accountant, or management team.
