buying and selling land - disposition of maori freehold

Question 1

s4 TTWMA

Answer 1

alientation for our purposes means any sale, lease, lisence, easement mtg over mfl

Question 2

s146 TTMWA

Answer 2

land taht has the status of MFL, cannot be alientaed unless in accordanc with this act

Question 3

s156 TTMWA

Answer 3

the sale or alination of mfl will only b effective once maori land court has granted confirmation of the sale under s152

Question 4

s147 A

Answer 4

AFTER RECVING NOTICE of alientation, PCA are afforded reasonable opputunity to excercise a ROFR

Question 5

sale of land considering..

Answer 5

if someone wishes to sell a whole or part block of mfl, OR SHARES IN mfl, they must first offer the sale to purcahsers who are PCa

Question 6

S4 - PCA

Answer 6

• child of owner
• whangana
• hapu
• decendants of former owner

Question 7

logan v logan

Answer 7

a reasonable period for ROFR is 15 days for PCAs to submit tenders, court will not be sympathtic to PCA who ask for more time

Question 8

te whata - wai whatawhata

Answer 8

difficult to get the court to change mfl to gfl , as mfl is perserved for geemrations to come

Question 9

meha v haggerty

Answer 9

• m would like to convert MFL into general land to better utilize it, court didnt accept applictaion while it may have been better utilzed they didnt provide enough evidnece to show this
• also bc chaging status of the land is inconsistnet with kaupapa of the act