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S113 29 93 Appln to Determine Successors for SILNA Lands Hawea Wanaka

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)

Discussion on Māori Governance

01 Feb 2013  |  News

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...

MLC 2014 Jun Judges Corner Ambler J

...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...

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