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This
information will assist the Māori Land Court
to determine all land interests:
• all the deceased person’s names
(including maiden name, if applicable)
• the deceased person’s brothers’ and
sisters’ names
• the deceased person’s parents’ names
(including the mother’s maiden name)
• the names of anyone from whom the
deceased person may have obtained
interests
• the names of the lands in which the
deceased person may have had interests....
As an example: 5 Chief Judge’s MB 390 translates to
5 CJ 390
For decisions made after 1965:
YYYY CJ PP or YYYY CJ A-Z
Where:
• YYYY = year of the book (ranging from 1965 to
1971)
• CJ = abbreviation for the Chief Judge minute
book series
• PP = folio(s) or page(s)
• A-Z = used in place of the folio or page numbers
to indicate a search for the index pages
associated with the particular minute book.
She thinks this needs to be prioritised, and resources placed into facilitating engagement of successors in the various hui.Recent progress In 2018 Te Arawhiti, Te Puni Kōkiri, and the Māori Land Court formed an officials working group to expedite the Crown’s progress on its outstanding obligations with respect to s 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Settlement Act.
Orders about what is to
happen next will be signed by the judge or a deputy registrar,
and sealed with the Court’s official seal.
Unless the judge has directed that the order be issued
immediately, it will be two months before it’s issued.
The Special Aid Fund may be available to cover costs for a second lawyer at the Court’s
discretion. The appointment of a second lawyer and the hourly rate or fixed fee for the
second lawyer will be set at the Court’s discretion.
PROPOSED TRUSTEES TO BE APPOINTED:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Name:
Signed by the Applicant (s):
Dated: / /
Dated: / /
NOTE: (i) Consents of all beneficiaries to an estate must be filed.
