Changes in place from 6 February 2021 In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to the Act with Te Ture Whenua Māori (Succession, Dispute Resolution, and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2020.
...trustees may appoint subcommittees to oversee any aspect of Marae business. 6.4 At the time of appointing a subcommittee, the trustees shall set out in writing the terms of reference. 6.5 At least one trustee shall sit on any subcommittee. 7. Dispute resolution 7.1 If disputes or disagreements arise about: 7.1.1 Conflicts of interest; 7.1.2 Allegations about trustee misconduct; 7.1.3 The performance of a trustees or trustees; 7.1.4 The practice of tikanga and/or kawa at the mara...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)
In the interim, the judiciary will continue to have the discretion to set applications down for special hearings to progress the many applications that are waiting for resolution. Our Court is working hard to ensure that matters are dealt with as swiftly as possible.
One of the interesting sessions was on alternative dispute resolution. The thread of discussions from presenters and conference attendees is that arbitration is the preferred form of dispute resolution in many overseas jurisdictions.
The decisions of any meeting don’t bind the Court either – the minutes and resolutions are merely evidence of the proceedings and the resolutions reached.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
...Maxwells Line Palmerston North Thursday 7 March 2024 Judge M J Doogan PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SMar1/1 11:05 AM AP-20240000000225 151/93, 175/93 Karen Gibbs Awarua 3B2C1B – Confirmation of Resolution of Assembled Owners For further clarification please contact: District Office: Ingestre Chambers, 74 Ingestre Street, DX Box PX 10207, WHANGANUI PH: (06) 349 0770 Email: Oliver.Bailey@justice.govt....
Documents/Panui/SMar1-1-AP-20240000000225-Karen-Gibbs-s151.pdf (87 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 6 10:30 AM AP-20250000007597 98L/93 Ivan Leigh Henwood Whatuwiwi 1B1C - Application for Dispute Resolution
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 6 12:00 PM AP-20250000007597 98L/93 Ivan Leigh Henwood Whatuwiwi 1B1C - Application for Dispute Resolution
In those cases, a mortgage can be approved by: (a) A resolution carried at a meeting of assembled owners per Part 9 of the Act; or (b) Constituting a trust or incorporation over the land and using the administration structure to approve the mortgage as set out above.
Details for the hui are: Whenua: Otonga 3 DATE: Saturday 16 August TIME: 2 pm Chatham Islands time (1:15pm New Zealand time) VENUE: The Den, Norman Kirk Memorial Reserve, Chatham Islands Proposed resolution: The Seymour whānau resolve to seek the full partition of the Otonga 3 block into 2 separate titles, as represented on the sketch plan provided.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Otonga-3-hui-panui-update.pdf (215 kb)
