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This form may be used to apply to the Court to confirm one or more resolutions passed by owners in Māori Freehold
Land or General Land owned by Māori who together are members of the same family and who have taken the
opportunity to meet together following a family gathering (such as tangi, wedding or reunion).
Any owner or interested person may use this form to apply to the Court to call or direct the Registrar to call a meeting
of assembled owners for any Māori Freehold land or General Land owned by Māori to consider 1 or more resolutions for
those matters set out in section 172 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (attached as a schedule to this form)
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Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: ..............................................................
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Notification of applications that have not
been finally determined
(over 6 months old)
28 February 2025
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule
5.
This ranged from protections they are implementing in China to protect lawyers to allow them to prosecute cases without being persecuted by the State, to the unfair reporting of judicial decisions in general and social media in Hong Kong, and to corruption amongst the judiciary in Malaysia where (apparently) lawyers have been known to turn up to Court with bags of money. 17th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific This was the 17th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and...
The most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 peop...
One means of exploring a candidate’s ability to comply with s 222 is to require nominees to submit resumes with their application and for the Court to then pose questions to candidates for appointment that might include their knowledge of accounts and financial reporting, the trust order and general trust law principles, farming, forestry, tourism, geothermal power, property investment, equities and communications.
When the High Court appoints a person to administer the estate of a deceased
person (generally where there is no will or if the will does not name an executor),
the Court’s authority for that person to act is given in a grant of letters of
administration.
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Ahu whenua and whenua tōpū trusts are
land management trusts and generally involve whole
blocks of land.
• Kaitiaki trust
A kaitiaki trust relates solely to an individual who is a
minor5 or has a disability6 and is unable to manage their
own affairs.
