Smith - Estate of Here Wiremu Ihaka Ututaonga [2018] Chief Judge's MB 541 (2018 CJ 541) [pdf, 363 KB]
...1953 (the 1953 Act) provides that: (1) This Part of this Act, [in] so far as it relates to the disposal on the death of the [beneficial] owner thereof of freehold interests in Māori land, shall apply with respect to all such interests that form part of the estate, whether [testate] or intestate, of: (a) Any Māori or any descendant of a Māori who dies after the commencement of this Act: (b) Any Māori who has died before the commencement of this Act if in respect of h...