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394: Service of notices
or “How to properly send important papers to people or groups according to the law”
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“Special rules for sending notices about Māori land, with time limits for owners to respond”

If you own Māori land and need to receive a notice under the Building Act 2004, there are special rules for how this happens. These rules are in Part 10 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993. This part of the law explains how to give notices to owners of Māori land.

Sometimes, the owners of Māori land might need more time to do something after they get a notice. They can ask for extra time, but they can only get up to 14 more working days. This is stated in section 181(4) of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993.

However, if the local council (called a territorial authority) or the regional authority agrees, they might give you more than 14 extra working days. This depends on what the notice is about and what you need to do.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous: Service of notices

395Notices in relation to Māori land

  1. Part 10 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 applies to the service of notices under this Act on owners of Māori land, except that the period fixed for anything to be done by the owners must not be extended by more than 14 working days under section 181(4) of that Act, unless otherwise provided by the territorial authority or the regional authority concerned.

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