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Story: Inheritance

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Inheritance matters

  3. Māori inheritance and succession

  4. Wills, trusts and bequests

  5. Regulating inheritance

  6. Family farm inheritance

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Inheritance matters

Family business

Family business

Last will and testament, 1864

Last will and testament, 1864

Primogeniture

Primogeniture (1st of 2)

Accounts of people who died intestate, 1869

Accounts of people who died intestate, 1869 (2nd of 2)

Spending the inheritance

Spending the inheritance

From page 2 - Māori inheritance and succession

Ancestral inheritance and Tītī (muttonbird) islands

Ancestral inheritance and Tītī (muttonbird) islands

Certificate of title issued by the Native Land Court, 1883

Certificate of title issued by the Native Land Court, 1883 (1st of 2)

Modest inheritance

Modest inheritance (2nd of 2)

Applications for land succession, Māori Land Court

Applications for land succession, Māori Land Court

From page 3 - Wills, trusts and bequests

Katherine Mansfield's will

Katherine Mansfield's will (1st of 2)

Military will, 1940

Military will, 1940 (2nd of 2)

Unusual will

Unusual will

Mausoleum of William Larnach

Mausoleum of William Larnach

Sargood Bequest

Sargood Bequest (1st of 3)

Book bequest

Book bequest (2nd of 3)

Environmental bequest

Environmental bequest (3rd of 3)

Public Trust

Public Trust

From page 4 - Regulating inheritance

Challenging wills

Challenging wills

From page 5 - Family farm inheritance

Female inheritance

Female inheritance

Farming over generations

Farming over generations

How to cite this page:

Ann Dupuis, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/inheritance/media (accessed 30 March 2023)

Story by Ann Dupuis, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 3 Oct 2018

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