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(c) To give certainty to the parties, Step 1 must be completed within 21 days of the
parties agreeing in writing to adopt the ADR process, save that the parties may
extend this timeframe by mutual agreement in writing.
...owners who are members of the hapū associated with the land
trustees of anyone above
descendants of any former owner who is or was a member of the hapū associated with the land
a person who has been legally adopted under the provisions of the Adoption Act 1955
a person who has been adopted in accordance with Māori customary practise and their status has been approved by the court (whāngai).
Will mediators provide settlement solutions or simply leave that to the parties, given the risk of solutions adopted by the parties turning out to be unworkable or inconsistent with the law.
• Will mediators provide settlement solutions or simply leave that to the parties, given
the risk of solutions adopted by the parties turning out to be unworkable or
inconsistent with the law.
Try all the different names they might be known by including
nicknames, married names, adopted, whāngai Māori names, and names that may have
been spelt incorrectly.
Click on the “Owner name” (coloured green and underlined)
TIP: Make sure you try all the different names an owner might be known by including nicknames,
married names, adopted, whāngai, Māori names, and names that may have been spelt incorrectly.
They have now agreed to put those tensions behind them as it relates to the land (rather than personalities!) and have adopted this ahu whenua/whānau trust structure. Secondly, their refinements to this structure, after many meetings, has created a model which better represents the grassroots “ownership” of the block. 1) The standard structure is the same:
The ahu whenua trustees are the legal “owners” of the block in dealings with third parties and must ensure compliance with the dist...
Full names of owner's brothers and sisters: (if any and specify whether full brother or sister,
whether half brother or sister, whether any were adopted in or out of family, whether legally or as a whāngai)
a.
...public record include:
will files (original wills with probate orders made by the Māori Land Court)
personal files (original grants of administration made by the Māori Land Court or files which deal with personal property in addition to Māori land)
adoption files (where an adoption was granted by the Māori Land Court)
any document or record that, due to its age and condition, can no longer be safely handled
any document or record that has been suppressed by the court.