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For example, a life interest may be awarded by the Court in favour of a surviving partner of a person who hold an interest in Māori land.

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If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in the District in which the application is being heard in writing by 4pm on the 1St November 2023 providing your name and address, telephone number, and email address, if any, and setting out your connections with the applications and brief details of your concerns.

Documents/Panui/FINAL-Panui-November-2023-web.pdf (671 kb)

Where a minority trustee disagrees with the majority who have approved a mortgage, the minority trustee can: (a) Record their dissent in writing before the mortgage is registered.

Documents/Practice-notes/Banking-Practice-Note.pdf (204 kb)

You can complete this form if the deceased left a Will.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2.pdf (392 kb)

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If you do not intend to seek a grant of probate or administration in the estate you should complete the application for succession without administration on Form 22.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2.pdf (617 kb)

If you think that you have been adversely affected by this process and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st of March 2023 and specify brief details of your concerns.

Documents/Panui/0108423-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-March-2023-FINAL1.pdf (714 kb)

If you think that you have been adversely affected by this process and wish to make representations on the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st day of December 2022 and specify brief details of your concerns.

Documents/Panui/1102422-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-December-2022-web4.pdf (729 kb)

Important Note: If an undivided interest in land i.e. shares in a block is being transferred, section 148 of the Act requires the transferee to be a member of the preferred classes of alienees which comprise – • A child or remoter issue of the transferor. • Whanaunga who are associated in accordance with tikanga Māori with the land. • An owner in the land who is a member of the hapü associated with the land. • A trustee of...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-30-Vesting-order.pdf (397 kb)

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