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Applying for succession
Succession application types
Succession and whāngai
Succession with no living descendants
Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title of land.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP14 09:00 AM AP-20230000020540
(A20220018864)
173/93
67/93
Hayden Potaka Tauakira 2M3A2 No 9 - Application
to summon a meeting of owners to
consider including small area with
Tauakira 2M3A2 Sec 12, 13 & 14 to
extend urupa
SP15 09:30 AM AP-20240000012408 173/93
67/93
Heather
Ranginui
Morikau No 1 Section 21 - Summon
a meeting of owners
SP16 10:00 AM AP-20240000000268 173/93
67/93
Susan Roach Orimupiko 12B2 - Summon a
meeti...
Awaiting Administrative Action
A20140004863 4/04/2014 CJ 2014/1 - Tangoio South 1A,1E,1F,1X, 2B, 2C, 2G, 4X,5X, 6X, 7X, 8A, 8X, 9X, 10, 12B, 27I and 27L Blocks - and an order vesting the land in the aggregate owners made at 129 Napier MB 31-35 on
12/02/1990 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 David Puna 1.
General powers of Trustees
1.3 The Trustees have the following general powers:
(a) all the powers necessary to manage the Trust Property including, in relation to
the Trust Property, all the powers of an absolute owner of the property; and
(b) all the powers necessary to carry out the terms of the Trust, including powers
incidental to those in paragraph (a).
Awaiting Administrative Action
A20140004863 4/04/2014 CJ 2014/1 - Tangoio South 1A,1E,1F,1X, 2B, 2C, 2G, 4X,5X, 6X, 7X, 8A, 8X, 9X, 10, 12B, 27I and 27L Blocks - and an order vesting the land in the aggregate owners made at 129 Napier MB 31-35 on
12/02/1990 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 David Puna 1.
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Please select one district Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
NAME OF DECEASED/OWNER: (List all possible names that the deceased/owner may have been known by including any aliases)
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OCCUPATION ORDER:
An occupation order provides the right to build on a piece of
land owned by multiple owners (but does not grant a title of
ownership over that piece of land).
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
A20230003684 113/93,
118/93
Rahora Elianna Grant Ada Fotu also known as Ada Kereopa or Ada Grant
or Ada Wilson and Ada Ann Wilson - Succession
A20230003965 164/93 Ben Waaka Ahipara A3A2 - Transfer of shares by way of gift
from Ben Waaka to Samuel Evan Ruke and Tracy
Charlotte Maree Ruke
A20230004004 113/93,
118/93,
214/93
Joseph Xsaviour
Kopani Witika-Pongi
Ane Taniora Witika – Succession, constitute the
Ane Taniora Witika’s Whanau Trus...
