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Office Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers
Address 74 Ingestre Street
Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui
Phone 06-3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
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This duty does not extend to any benefit the Trustee may receive
as a Beneficiary, directly or indirectly, from the exercise of their own power.
1.4 Each Trustee must consider actively and regularly whether the Trustee should be
exercising 1 or more of the Trustee’s powers.
1.5 Each Trustee must not bind or commit Trustees to a future exercise or non-exercise of a
discretion.
1.6 A Trustee must avoid a conflict between the interests of the Trustee and the interests of
the Benef...
The trustees can be employed by the trust or have an interest
in any contract11 with the trust, but they must not vote or
10. Money that is derived from assets held and earnings (such as rent and interest)
but not ‘purchase money’ (land converted into money).
11.
Letters and
Jounrlas, 1841-1854, MS 2053-2054, Nelson Provincial Museum, p 222.
9 Helen Murdoch, “Māori Mull Land Options” Nelson Mail, 19 July 2012.
10 When Te Tau Ihu Māori agreed to the settlement of Nelson, it was subject to two important
conditions, one of which was that one-tenth of all land used for the Nelson settlement would
be reserved in perpetuity for the benefit of the families of the customary landowners and their
descendants.
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