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If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
October 2024 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your
connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
ISSN 2463-3763 (Online)
www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION TYPES
BY SECTION
NATIONAL PĀNUI December | Hakihea 2024 2
Summary of General Statutory Provisions
The following table provides a brief description of the most common sections in this document.
S L Dodd
Chief Registrar
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Description of reasons for outstanding
applications
The reasons listed below show the current stage of processing of the application through the court.
S L Dodd
Chief Registrar
2
Description of reasons for outstanding
applications
The reasons listed below show the current stage of processing of the application through the court.
An elected trustee formally
becomes a responsible trustee when the Court has granted
an order of appointment.
General functions of a trustee
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act requires that every person who is
appointed as a responsible trustee must carry out the:
• terms of the trust
• proper administration and management of the business of
the trust
• preservation of the assets of the trust
• collection and distribution of the income of...
Details as to how ownership of the land is to be apportioned after partition
Details of notice of the application or proposal to the owners, the minutes of any meetings
held for this purpose, and the amount of support for the proposal
Copy of the current (certificate of) title (if any) of any land included in partition
Local Authority approval (where applicable)
Consents of owners
Consents of Trustees (where applicable)...
Where a copy is produced the Court may still
require production of the original.
(iii) Next of Kin – where there is no will the next of kin for the purposes of succession are children of the deceased; if there are no children then brothers and
sisters; if neither of these then next of kin are the nearest relatives on the side of the family from whom the land originated.
ISSN 2463-3763 (Online)
www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz
DESCRIPTION OF APPLICATION TYPES
BY SECTION
NATIONAL PĀNUI February | Huitanguru 2025 2
Summary of General Statutory Provisions
The following table provides a brief description of the most common sections in this document.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of November
2024 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection
with the application and brief details of your concerns.