While the Court minutes will record the formal proceedings of the Court, the ancillary information in the individual adoption records provides important contextual information including whakapapa. Succession to Māori land is intimately tied up with identity and whakapapa and thus adoption records may be essential to an application for succession.
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Where the consent to the exchange has been given by a resolution passed under Part 9 of the Act by the assembled owners, a copy of the resolution passed. Whakapapa of any person who is receiving shares in Māori land.
There is whakapapa for fish and animal species just as there are for people.
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If death has been established at a previous hearing, a further death certificate may not be required. 2 Whakapapa The information provided in question 6 helps the Court staff in their research to prepare the application for a Court hearing — any additional whakapapa could also help the Court in its search. 3 Next of kin Next of kin for the purposes of this succession are children of the deceased.
...hearing, a further death certificate may not be required. 2 Names of immediate family members The information provided in question 5 helps the Court staff in their research to prepared the application for the Court hearing — any additional whakapapa could also help the Court in its search. 3 Next of kin Next of kin for the purposes of this succession are children of the deceased.
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Preferred place of hearing: NOTE: Where whakapapa is alleged to be incorrect, the applicant must enclose on a separate sheet details as to the error and his or her version of the correct whaka- papa.
Succession and descendants Before 6 February 2021 A deceased landowners’ interest(s) in land pass to their surviving spouse or partner even if the spouse or partner does not whakapapa to the land. When this happens, descendants who do whakapapa to the land are often not entitled to succeed to their land interest or shares until the spouse or partner enters a new relationship, dies or surrenders their interest.
You can find historical information that may help you to gather information about your whakapapa. Read the Search for ownership guide for help on how to search by landowner.
However, there are hapū, iwi, and whānau that whakapapa to this land and may have used it for generations.
The unique relationship between Māori and whenua is recognised by the MLC and the records held by the Court form an invaluable part of the whakapapa of all Māori people. The MLC operates under the provisions of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (‘the Act’).
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