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LEASE OR OCCUPATION LICENSE:
Trusts over Māori reservation land may issue a lease or
occupation license to enable the land to be occupied or built
on for a period of time.
If the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners
can apply to the Māori Land Court to:
• review the terms, operation, or other aspect of the trust
• add, replace, or remove trustees
• investigate the trust
• enforce the terms of the trust
• vary the terms of the trust
• terminate the trust.
If the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners
can apply to the Māori Land Court to:
• review the terms, operation, or other aspect of the trust
• add, replace, or remove trustees
• investigate the trust
• enforce the terms of the trust
• vary the terms of the trust
• terminate the trust.
If the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners
can apply to the Māori Land Court to:
• review the terms, operation, or other aspect of the trust
• add, replace, or remove trustees
• investigate the trust
• enforce the terms of the trust
• vary the terms of the trust
• terminate the trust.
Whenua Māori held by a Māori land trust
3. Where the title to the land is vested in a Māori land trust (e.g. an Ahu Whenua Trust or a
Whānau Trust) the trustees can approve a mortgage against the land subject to any
restrictions in the trust order (ss 147 and 150A of the Act)
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You must notify us if:
the term is for a period of 21 years or more, including any terms of renewal
the term is for a period of more than 52 years or if one or more terms of renewal are equal to more than 52 years (a long-term lease), or
a party to any lease obtains a transfer, variation, discharge or surrenders a lease which has a term of over 21 years.