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Description of reasons for outstanding
applications
The reasons listed below show the current stage of processing of the application through the court.
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CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
List of owners present at the gathering
Statement setting out how the alienee is a member of one of the preferred classes of alienees (if applicable),
including any necessary whakapapa details
Roll valuation or special valuation of the land and any improvements to it by a registered valuer (as applicable)
Minutes of the family gathering or, if no minutes were kept, a stateme...
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Whakapapa of any person who is receiving shares in Māori land.
Explanatory Notes
Where undivided interests or shares in Māori land are to be exchanged the Court has no power to make an order
unless the person receiving the shares in a block is either -
(i) a child or remoter issue of the owner in that block of the shares to be exchanged, or
(ii) a descendant of any former owner who is or was a member of the hapū associated with the lan...
GROUNDS FOR APPLICATION: ( tick as appropriate)
1. I am/we are the owner/owners in the above named block and hold.................................................................................................shares out
of a total of................................................................................................................shares in the said land; or
I am a person entitled to succeed to the beneficial interests of.........................
The Chief Executive of the Māori Land Court is required to record a list of persons who are approved as mediators. There is the ability to appoint a mediator beyond that list if the parties consider that it is justified in the circumstances and the appointment is approved by the Chief Executive and the Judge or Registrar who referred the matter to a mediator.
