But the real challenge remains what it has always been for us all – the administration of Māori land and the delivery of services in accordance with the aspirations or rangatiratanga of Māori to retain, utilise and develop their land for the benefit of the owners, their whanau and hapu in accordance with their own cultural preferences.
These include the general duty of care, the duty not to exercise power for the trustee’s own benefit, and the duty to avoid conflicts of interest.
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Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 34 CONFIRMATION OF RESOLUTION PASSED AT FAMILY GATHERING Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Sections 151 and 176 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Form 34 Rule 11.21 WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR? This form may be used to apply to the Court to confirm one or more resolutions passed by owners in Māori Freehold Land or General Land owned by Māori who together are members of the same family and w...
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(state your full name), apply for an Occu- pation Order over the Māori freehold land or General Land owned by Māori named above as the site for a house.
In point of fact, the Panel candidly acknowledges that it abandoned a “what is wrong with the current law and how should it be fixed” approach in favour of what it terms a “principle-based approach”, that is, “what should the law look like”.
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SUBJECT OF APPLICATION: I We: Place: Date: as follows specify resolutions passed: CONTACT DETAILS: Contact Address: Home Work: Mobile Fax: Email Address: Dropdown1: [Whangārei] Text2: Text3: Text4: Text5: Text6: Text7: Text8: Text9: Clear Form: Group28: Choice4 Print:
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Kei ngā maunga whakahī kei ngā wai tuku kiri, kei ngā manu huia tēnā koutou i raro i ngā āhuatanga o te wā. I am pleased to confirm that I have approved the release of a new Practice Note covering lawyers appointed and paid for under the Māori Land Court’s Special Aid Fund.
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YES NO 8. We produce our own draft order; OR YES NO We wish to use the Court’s standard trust order.
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Owners must meet to decide who the initial trustees will be and what their responsibilities will be under a trust order.
That is, there is no longer a decision-making role for the mediators. What follows is a simple overview of the mediation process together with some observations.
