Tokorua kaitiaki te tokoiti e āheitia ana kia
tohua mō te papa kāinga rāhui (engari anō,
mēnā he kāhui kaporeihana 7 pēnei i te poari
kaitiaki Māori, he kaporeihana Māori rānei).
Assets the Māori Land
Court cannot deal with
The Māori Land Court cannot make
succession orders if the estate of the
deceased includes:
• general land (except for property held
jointly, like a joint family home, where the
partners are joint tenants 11)
• cash over $11,000 held by a bank or an
insurance company
• significant company shares,
unless the estate is under formal
administration (see Footnote 4, below, for an
explanation of formal administration).
• Ngā whiwhinga wātea a te Māori kei roto
i ngā whenua whānui 7 (engari me tono
mai anō tētahi māngai 8 tūturu kua tohua i
raro i te mana o te Kooti Teitei)
Seek a cost estimate for a valuation of
and report on the proposed partition and
the balance of the block.
7 Determine the feasibility of the proposal.
The Act recognises that blocks of Māori land
are generally owned by people connected
to each other and to the land through kin
groups, such as iwi 7 and hapū 8. In order to
preserve the kin groups, the Act restricts
the type of people to whom land can be sold
or gifted.
Section 164 of the Act applies.
7. The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin
groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial
(tribal) boundaries.
8.
Physical or mental disablement that, in the opinion of the court, results in
a person lacking, wholly or partly, the competence to manage their affairs in
relation to their property.
7. A person(s) bound to deal with property on behalf of the owners or beneficiaries.
Where there are more than three
7. In its legal use, this means physical or mental disablement that, in the opinion of
the Court, results in a person lacking, wholly or partly, the competence to manage
their affairs in relation to their property.
8.