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Important notes - please read before filling out the table
• If a person is deceased, instead of address write the date of death, and, as the case may be, write DI to indicate deceased with children,
or DNI to indicate deceased with no children:
• Include any persons who have been legally adopted into or out of the family indicating as such
• Give details of all next of kin including any child or sibling excluded under any will.
• DOB – date of birth...
Use this form to create an Ahu Whenua Trust (a land trust) by vesting one or more land blocks in trustees to
manage, as set out in a trust deed/order on behalf of the beneficial owner(s).
Additional interests
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7.3 If, after the constitution of this Trust, any additional Māori land interests are vested in the
nameof any person who has vested Māori land interests into this Trust, those additional
interests shall be included as Trust Property of this Trust by application to the Court by
the Registrar without notice to the Beneficiaries.
PROPOSED TRUSTEES TO BE APPOINTED:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Signed by the Applicant (s):
Dated: / /
Dated: / /
NOTE: (i) Consents of all beneficiaries to an estate must be filed.
Te Puna Manawa Whenua is written by Māori Land Court judges. It is overseen by a judicial editing komiti, comprised of Māori Land Court judges, supported by legal research counsel from the Māori Land Court.
You can use the ownership search option if you know either the owner name, owner ID, block
name, block ID, block district, ownership category, ownership type, or a combination of these.
A mortgage or loan may be acquired by:
the sole owner of a Māori land block
all the owners of a Māori land block acting together
the trustees of a Māori land block who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or
a Māori Incorporation which holds Māori land.
This includes who are beneficiaries of the trust, the
name and contact details of the trustees, and information about
the appointment or removal of trustees.
Aorere – Accretion, determination of status, and ownershipofland
Judge Sarah Reeves & Sophie Hursthouse
Introduction
In 2017, an application to the Court was made by Ropata Taylor seeking determination
of status and ownershipofland situated in the township of Collingwood, Golden Bay.1
The land had no current title and was significantly affected by both accretion and
erosion.
