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                    [0] => This series covers the management of Crown land leases and licences within the Blenheim region.
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            [id] => 18294
            [idSort] => 18294
            [name] => Blenheim Land tenure files
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                            [0] => 25231
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            [authenticityNote] => Sources:
The Directory of Official Information 1991, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005 Ministry of Justice, Wellington  
New Zealand Official Yearbooks 1987-1992, Statistics New Zealand
            [conditionsOfAccess] => Restricted
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            [history] => 
Before 1948 Crown leases and licences were issued under many Acts and Regulations. In 1948 the land laws were amended and consolidated in a Land Act which repealed 78 other Acts or parts of Acts.
A lease (commonly called a tenancy) was an interest in land for a fixed term. Under a lease the lessee had exclusive right of possession of the land. Under a licence the licensee merely had the right to do some act in relation to the licensor's land which would otherwise be unlawful.
Each type of tenure had a different alphabetical abbreviation, which formed part of the file classification system. The files were arranged alphabetically by these prefixes, and numerically within each tenure type.
Examples of some tenure type abbreviations were as follows:

    

    
RL – Renewable Lease
    
    

    
DP – Deferred Payment Licence
    
    

    
WDF - Deferred Payment Licence
    
    

    
S – Special Lease
    
    

    
LP – Lease in Perpetuity
    
    

    
LS – Lease in Perpetuity
    
    

    
TR – Town Reserve Lease – ex Harbour Board
    
    

    
APL – Arthurs Pass Lease
    
    

    
LG – Grazing Lease
    
    

    
LO – Licence to Occupy
    
    

    
MR – ex Railways Land Disposals
    
    

    
MOSS – Railway sales
    

The files prior to 1987 had originally included a District Code as part of file reference (e.g. NA = Napier, NP =  New Plymouth, PN = Palmerston North, WN = Wellington, NL = Nelson, BL = Blenheim, etc.).
In the series listing only the personal or company name on the lease or licence has been listed, even though most titles on the files contained a block name or a legal land description. 
Land Corporation Limited, Nelson District Office was regarded as the controlling agency during 1978-?1989 because there was no Land Corporation Limited, Blenheim District Office at that time (although there may have been some sub-offices in various locations)
 
 
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            [ricClassificationDescription] => Roughly alphanumeric order. The files are arranged alphabetically by tenure type abbreviation code, and then numerically within each tenure type.
            [seriesAccessContacts] => Requests for special access during the restricted period should be addressed to:

Company Secretary
Landcorp Farming
PO Box 5349
Wellington

Telephone 04 471 0400
Fax 04 473 4966
            [seriesRestrictionReason] => For reasons of personal privacy, all land tenure case files transferred by Landcorp Investments Ltd, or its agents, are restricted for 40 years from the date of file closure.



Land tenure case files transferred by Landcorp Investments Ltd, or its agents, are open to authorised government agencies; currently Land Information New Zealand.
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