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SP5 14:45 PM AP-20250000011070 328/93 Raana Tuuta He ōta whakanoho mō Raana
Tuuta ki runga ia Kekerione 37
ABC 2
Occupation order for Raana Tuuta
on Kekerione 37 ABC 2
SP6 15:00 PM AP-20250000011058 133/93 Pamela
Seymour
He panonitanga ki te tūnga taitara
o Otonga 1E2 mai i te whenua atu
o te whenua Māori ki te whenua
Māori
Change the status of Otonga 1E2
from General land to Māori freehold
land.
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Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
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Where general land is owned by more than one person, it is deemed to be
held by them jointly unless the title states otherwise.
14. The directions, in legal form, for the distribution of one’s property after death.
15.
Our judges are appointed by warrant issued by the Governor-General of New Zealand. A total of 14 judges can be appointed. To become a Māori Land Court judge, an individual must meet the following requirements:
they have knowledge and experience of te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi
they have held a practising certificate as a barrister or solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand for at least 7 years, and
they are not older than 70.
They identified13 the potential for a Tiriti model
based around ‘spheres of influence’ which is reflected below14.
11 McCully Matiu and Margaret Mutu Te Whānau Moana, Ngā Kaupapa me ngā Tikanga: Customs and Protocols (Reed,
Auckland, 2003), p169.
12 See discussion in Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi Tribunal He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti | The
Declaration and the Treaty: The Report on Stage 1 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry (Wai 1040, 2014) at 524;
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