For many years Māori women were unrepresented in the professions, including the legal profession, and it has not been until the last couple of decades that Māori women lawyers have been appointed to the bench.
These are not new duties – they were already part of the law but were not spelled out clearly in the previous legislation.
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In attendance were iwi leaders, Her Worship the Mayor of Gisborne, Rehette Stoltz, Ministry of Justice and Te Puni Kōkiri officials, and former and current staff.
As for the need to develop special rules to govern this new role, if trustees were instead appointed there would be no need to develop new rules.
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In this order, all things were seen to come from the gods and the ancestors as recorded in whakapapa.
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The one drawback was that, despite their having exclusive use areas, the respective whānau did not have any autonomy as they were not separately identifiable entities. The concept was not lost, however, on the Ministry of Māori Development who, following a workshop hui at Rawhiti on 02 March 1992, included whānau trusts in the Māori Affairs Bill which passed into law on 09 March 1993 as Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, with effect from 01 July 1993.
Outstanding debts The Māori Land Court is unlikely to make a succession order until any significant outstanding debts against the deceased’s estate are settled. If the Court were to distribute those interests to the successors before the debts were paid, the estate would lose its ability to pay its debts.
Outstanding debts The Māori Land Court is unlikely to make a succession order until any significant outstanding debts against the deceased’s estate are settled. If the Court were to distribute those interests to the successors before the debts were paid, the estate would lose its ability to pay its debts.
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Minute books also recorded succession to interests that were subject to consolidation up until final allocation of new titles was made.
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