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The Māori Land Court/Māori Appellate Court of New Zealand
(Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which the application was lodged)
Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
NOTICE TO OWNERS
SUBJECT OF APPLICATION - BLOCK / DECEASED / OTHER MATTER:
(Please state name and block number of land, Māori incorporation, person or other matter in respect of which the appl...
Whether or not the High Court has appointed a personal
representative, the MLC can make succession orders where:
• the deceased died before 1 July 1993 (the will applies)
• the deceased died between 1 July 1993 and 1 July 1994 (the
will applies as long as the will was signed before 1 July 1993)
• the deceased died after 1 July 1993 and will was signed
after 1 July 1993 (the will applies only if it complies with
the Act).
23.
In some cases there
are hundreds of owners for one block or
title 1. When an owner dies, it is important
to transfer his or her interests to whoever
is entitled to receive those interests.
In some cases there
are hundreds of owners for one block or
title 1. When an owner dies, it is important
to transfer his or her interests to whoever
is entitled to receive those interests.
Combined partition
an owner or a group of owners may benefit
by combining their interests, held in two
neighbouring blocks, into one block. For
1 The legal ownership of property and the legal
evidence of a person’s ownership rights.
2 The division of Māori land into two or more
separate titles (partition).
Combined partition
an owner or a group of owners may benefit
by combining their interests, held in two
neighbouring blocks, into one block. For
1 The legal ownership of property and the legal
evidence of a person’s ownership rights.
2 The division of Māori land into two or more
separate titles (partition).
S Overall, an average Māori land block has a size of 53.06ha and 114 owners.
S The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,287,810.
TAKE NOTICE that Philip Seymour has made application to the Māori Land Court at Te
Waipounamu for a meeting of assembled owners seeking a partition of the Otonga 3 block.
The block is situated on Rēkohu/Wharekauri/Chatham Islands.
