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The Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand
(Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which the application was lodged)
Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
NOTICE TO OWNERS
SUBJECT OF APPLICATION - BLOCK / DECEASED / OTHER MATTER:
(Please state name and block number of land, Māori incorporation, person or other matter in respect of which the application is mad...
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.
Occupation orders can
now be granted not only to the landowner or any person
entitled to succeed to their interest, but also to beneficiaries
of the whānau trust that holds a beneficial interest in the
land.
Examples of what could be considered ‘simple’ trust matters
include:
• forming a whānau trust for a single owner’s interests or
shares; or
• terminating a kaitiaki trust for a minor when the person
reaches 20 years of age; or
• appointing a trustee to a whānau trust.
The Māori Land Court of New Zealand / Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand
[Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which your application will be lodged]
Select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
Subject of application – block / deceased / other matter
[Please state name and block number of land, Māori incorporation, person, or other matter in respect of which the application is made]
I
request that t...
Internet Banking
If you live in New Zealand
Account name:
Ministry of Justice
Bank Name:
Westpac New Zealand
Branch:
Wellington
Bank Account:
03-0049-0001063-00
Reference:
Particulars: Applicant's initial & surname
Code: Application type (section of the Act)
Reference: District reference number*
If you live overseas:
Entity Name:
Ministry of Justice
Entity Address:
The Justice Centre, 19 Aitken Stre...
(Address to which documents or correspondence in connection with the application can be posted or delivered)
Phone Number(s):
Home: Work:
Mobile: Fax:
Email Address:
NOTICE OF CONSENT
I hereby confirm as follows that: (Please tick the statement that applies )
I do not have any criminal convictions for dishonesty or any other offences that may disqualify me from being a
trustee;
I do not have any civil or criminal proceedings pending before any Court;
I am not currently an un-discharg...
(2) If the agreement is executed in New Zealand, the signature of the transferor must be attested by an independent person aged 20 years or more
(not being a member of the transferor’s immediate family or an owner in the land being alienated) who must, print below his or her signature,
his or her full name, occupation and residential address
They have now agreed to put those tensions behind them as it relates to the land (rather than personalities!) and have adopted this ahu whenua/whānau trust structure.
