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Signed by Owner Trustee
Full Name:
Signature: Dated: / /
Address:
Signed by Owner Trustee
Full Name:
Signature: Dated: / /
Address:
Signed by Owner Trustee
Full Name:
Signature: Dated: / /
Address:
Signed by Owner Trustee
Full Name:
Signature: Dated: / /
Address:
1:
APPLICATION:
Iwe would like a partition of the land because set out reasons why you want a partition 1:
Iwe believe that a partition will benefit this block of land because 1:...
You should attach this request to your application and include any evidence required to support your request, and file
everything with the Registrar for consideration (or for referral to a Judge).
PREFERRED PLACE OF HEARING:
SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT Dated: / /
Witness: (Signature)
Full name:
Occupation or qualification:
Address of Witness:
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application may be lodged with the Registrar at any office of the Māori Land Court.
Fee: $ 68.00
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CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
Signed consents of any owners who have not signed the application
Signed consents of proposed trustees
Minutes of meeting agreeing to constitute a Whānau Trust (where applicable)
Draft trust order if the standard trust order is not used (or modified draft supplied by the Court)
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
All applications may be lodged with the Registrar in any...
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make submissions or
provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4 pm on the first
working day of January providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any)
setting out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
More recently, whenua tōpū trusts have been used as a holding trust for the settlement of Treaty of Waitangi claims. A whenua tōpū trust:
can include one or more Māori land blocks, or general land owned by Māori
can include a wide range of beneficiaries, for example, a community, hapū or iwi in a specific area
makes the land trustees legally responsible for managing the land
has a Court-approved trust order that sets out the rights and responsibilities of the trustees
requires that...
SIGNATURE OF OTHER PARTY Dated: / /
Signature of Witness
Full name of Witness:
Address:...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
.............................................................................................
On Date: / / the life tenant remarried/entered into a civil union/entered into a de facto
relationship as defined by section 2D of the Property Relationships Act 1976
FULL NAME OF APPLICANT
SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT: Dated: / /
In the presence of:
Signature of Witness:
Name:
Address: .....................................................................................................................................................................................
