For each financial year the trust’s gross annual income or gross annual expenditure exceeds $100,000, the trust’s accounts are to be audited.
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Māori Land Court Annual Report Matariki 2024 - Matariki 2025
I look forward to continuing to deliver regular updates through the annual report in the years to come.” Māori Land Court Annual Report Matariki 2022 - Matariki 2023 Te Kooti Whenua Māori Pūrongo ā tau Matariki 2022 - Matariki 2023
At least 21 days notice must be given for an annual general meeting and 14 days for any other meeting.
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The annual report reflects on what was an extremely busy year for the court.
Committee members must make an annual declaration of their interests and dealings at the end of each financial year.
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Committee members must make an annual declaration of their interests and dealings at the end of each financial year.
Reports and accounts The Trustees must: (a) keep proper annual accounts; (b) if the gross annual income of the Trust is greater than $10,000, arrange for the annual accounts to be prepared by a chartered accountant; (c) at each general meeting of the Beneficiaries, produce reports and accounts for each year in respect of which they have not earlier presented reports and accounts.
The trustees are not required to give reasons for their decision on an application unless they have been required to do so by an order of the MLC. Annual general meetings The trustees are required to hold an annual general meeting (AGM).
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Generally, members have a three-year term and can stand for re-election at the incorporation’s annual general meeting (AGM). Māori incorporations are governed by the Māori Incorporations Constitution Regulations 1994 and run independently of the normal court processes that apply to trusts, but do provide annual reports to the Court.
