Whānau who agree to enter mediation to resolve disputes can do so out of court, pay no filing fee and can practice the tikanga of your whānau and hapū in that mediation.
Te mana whakahaere rawa whaiaro
Formal administration / letters of administration
Formal administration / letters of administration is where the High Court confirms legal authority to a person to manage the estate of someone who has passed away. This authority can be confirmed even when there is no will.
Whakapapa of any person who is receiving shares in Māori land.
Explanatory Notes
Where undivided interests or shares in Māori land are to be exchanged the Court has no power to make an order
unless the person receiving the shares in a block is either -
(i) a child or remoter issue of the owner in that block of the shares to be exchanged, or
(ii) a descendant of any former owner who is or was a member of the hapū associated with the land, or
(iii) an owner in that land who
If for whatever reason, an appointed lawyer can no longer act, then subject to a direction
from the Court a new application is required for any replacement lawyer to be appointed.
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Signed consents are attached of -
Select the statement(s) that apply
• the retiring or resigning trustees:
• the proposed trustees
Note: Signed consents of those trustees who are retiring by rotation according to the terms of the trust order, or who were
present and accepted the election process, are not required
If you are a whānau or hapū member who did not submit the application but would like to speak in Court, you can file a ‘ Notice of intention to appear upon application ’.
The whenua has historic connections to Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Rārua
and Ngāti Tama who settled in the area following the hekenga of the early nineteenth
century.
