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Friday, 20 February, from 5:30pm - Saturday, 21 February, 8:00pm.
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Te reo Māori is recognised as a taonga and official language of New Zealand. Any person appearing in the Māori Land Court, or in any court in New Zealand, can speak or file written documents in te reo Māori as a right under the Māori Language Act 2016.
This includes the many applications that ought to have been heard in May but were not set down due to the May Pānui not being finalised before the lockdown. At this stage it appears that the National Pānui will recommence in the next month or so.
And although the records on the earliest Judges of the Court are often incomplete, it appears that Judge Hugh Fraser Ayson was the first VUW graduate to be appointed as a Judge of this Court.
The Royal family rarely make public appearances in Japan, and to have the Crown Prince open the conference was a great honour, to the extent that the MC had to keep telling the 1600 delegates in attendance not to stand every time he entered the room.
Most Māori freehold land used for agriculture or forestry is managed by incorporations which operate like public companies with shareholders, or by trusts, or under leasing arrangements through the Māori Trustee. Incorporations appear to have fallen out of favour and I know of only one that has been formed in the last 20 years.
Any person who is entitled, or will
be entitled, to a beneficial interest in the land is entitled to
appear and to be heard at the hearing.
11. The person who sells or parts with the interest in the land.
12.
Any person who
is entitled, or will be entitled, to a beneficial
interest in the land is entitled to appear and
to be heard at the Court hearing.
Granting a vesting order
Before granting a vesting order to transfer
shares or interests, the Māori Land Court
must be satisfied that:
• any instruments of alienation have been
executed and attested (ie signed and
witnessed) in the manner required
by the Rules of the Court.
Any person who
is entitled, or will be entitled, to a beneficial
interest in the land is entitled to appear and
to be heard at the Court hearing.
Granting a vesting order
Before granting a vesting order to transfer
shares or interests, the Māori Land Court
must be satisfied that:
• any instruments of alienation have been
executed and attested (ie signed and
witnessed) in the manner required
by the Rules of the Court.
