MLC 2017 03 03 RDS Report
Wills files may contain original wills or only copies of wills.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
Wills files may contain original wills or only copies of wills.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
If this is not done, the Court may direct that formal notice be given to the beneficiaries. 5 Wills Wills do not apply to these successions to SILNA Lands under the Court’s inquiry under section 29 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 6 Checklist of documents required • Death certificate or other evidence as to death (see note 1 above) • Whakapapa, where possible MAORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application should be lodged with the Registrar in the Māori...
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)
If this is not done, the Court may direct that formal notice be given to the beneficiaries. 5 Wills Wills do not apply to these successions to SILNA Lands under the Court’s inquiry under section 29 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
The holder of an occupation order may also leave the occupation order to any one or more of the persons listed above, provided the person owns a beneficial interest in the land to which the occupation order applies and the Court approves it. If Māori land is willed to someone who doesn’t qualify, that part of the will is invalid.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
Tītī Islands interests Interests in the Tītī Islands cannot be willed. Those entitled to succeed must belong to one or more of the following classes: • descendants • those related by blood to the deceased • those legally adopted.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
Tītī Islands interests Interests in the Tītī Islands cannot be willed. Those entitled to succeed must belong to one or more of the following classes: • descendants • those related by blood to the deceased • those legally adopted.
The failure to put in place a governance entity is often because the owners are disengaged, or they are implacably opposed, or there is no one suitably qualified and willing to put themselves forward as trustees. Governance entities In the context in which I work, we have a range of governance entities, from trusts to incorporations, but no matter what the governance structure is - whether it is an ahu whenua trust, a whānau trust, a whenua tōpū trust, a pūtea trust, a kaitiaki trust, o...
Under the Settlement, succession must follow intestacy. This means that wills do not apply, and all legal children are entitled to succeed, equally.
He Pou Herenga Tangata He Pou Herenga Whenua He Pou Whare Kōrero 150 years of the Māori Land Court He Pou Herenga Tangata He Pou Herenga Whenua He Pou Whare Kōrero 150 years of the Māori Land Court Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori Ministry of Justice | Te Tāhū o te Ture W …
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
...not been succeeded to for many years; there may be several generations of owners who remain un-succeeded; owners often hold interests in multiple blocks; some interests are held in a trustee capacity; most estates are intestate; where there are wills, there are statutory restrictions on who may receive Māori land interests; because of those restrictions, the Court can be asked to make special provision out of the estate’s income for any person; if there are challenges to a will, th...
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)