• Whānau trust This is a whānau-oriented trust. It allows the whānau to bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit of the whānau and their descendants.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
Decide on voting threshold for a poll vote (for voting by shareholding) 14.4 This is the standard treatment of whānau trusts that put their shares into ahu whenua trusts.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
Māori Land Trusts includes a section on whānau and pūtea trusts.
Māori Land Trusts includes a section on whānau and pūtea trusts.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
• Whānau trust This is a whānau-oriented trust. It allows the whānau to bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit of the whānau and their descendants
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
Since 1 July 1993, shares in a Māori incorporation are deemed to be interests in Māori land and unless there’s an exemption, they’re treated the same as Māori land interests. Whānau trusts A whānau trust can be set up at the time of succession.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
Before 6 February 2021 A beneficiary of a whānau trust is not able to apply for an occupation order to use trust land for housing purposes.
The enclosed terms of trust are an example of a COMPREHENSIVE trust order which you may use for your whānau trust.
Kei ngā Ture i muri mai ngā whakamāramatanga mō tēnei āhuatanga. 9 8 Ngā hea e puritia ana e te pūtea trust/ whānau trust Mehemea e puritia ana ngā hea ki roto i te rōpū kaitiaki pūtea, te rōpū kaitiaki whānau rānei, me whakauru atu ngā ingoa o ngā trusts 14 ki te rēhita hea, me ngā ingoa tāngata nō rātou te whenua.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-tereo.pdf (949 kb)
Trustees of whānau trusts vote on behalf of the beneficiaries18 of those shares.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
