Read our separate factsheet Transferring Māori Land Shares for more information. To download it, go online to maorilandcourt.govt.nz/about-mlc/publications SUCCESSION TO SHARES Shares in a Māori incorporation are deemed to be shares in Māori land, and succession is arranged in the same way as for Māori land.
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All his brothers and sisters had agreed at the time that the intention was that he would hold those shares as a type of whānau administrator. I went on to discover however that at the time those succession applications were made, various Māori land interests had not been identified by the Court and were not included in the 1967 orders.
The area of occupation sought must not be more than the proportion of shares the applicant owns, or will own upon succession, in the block.
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Examples of what could be considered ‘simple’ succession includes: • all the people to succeed are the natural children of the person who has passed away, and they will all receive equal shares in the interests; or • further land interests or shares owned by a person who has passed away are identified and can be succeeded to by the same people in the same way as the earlier interests.
SUCCESSION The process of transferring the Māori land shares of a deceased person to the persons entitled to receive those shares.
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Generally speaking, where next of kin die before the person from whom succession is sought, the children of the next of kin are entitled to the share they would have received had they survived the deceased. 4 Notice of hearing While an applicant is not required to give formal notice of hearing to other beneficiaries, he or she is expected to consult with them and advise them of the application and when it is to be heard.
Māori freehold land is owned in common in unequal shares. This means that each owner owns each piece of the land in that share.
Succession is the legal transfer of land interests or shares from a person who has passed away (the deceased) to their descendants.
Photo by Josie McClutchie 32 Amendments to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Amendments to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Succession applications Succession is the transfer of shares in Māori land from a deceased owner to their descendants and beneficiaries.
SILNA succession applications forms are different to other succession application forms.
