Where the trustees of another trust are collectively a beneficial owner of the trust (eg a whānau trust) then only one of them may vote on behalf of the trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
While the Trust Land and Trust Property is to be held and used for the benefit of the Beneficial Owners, the Beneficial Owners are not the legal owners and they have no right (legal or otherwise) to instruct the Trustees how to manage and deal with Trust Land and Trust Property.
The difference between an amalgamation and an aggregation is: • amalgamation merges owners and titles into one new block. Boundaries between the blocks disappear • aggregation merges only the owners into one new list.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Currently, the land is effectively held in trust until the owners can receive the land. There are 308 original owners.
Beneficiaries are also called the beneficial owners. 6. Sections 28 to 39 of the Trusts Act 2019
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Section 218 of Te Ture Whēnua Māori Act 1993 contains a list of Māori community purposes to which income from the whānau trust may be applied if provision is made in the trust order.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (159 kb)
Trusts (Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents) Rohe # Trusts # Blks with Trusts # Blks no Trusts Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha) Taitokerau 1,088 1,459 3,940 88,704.9389 (60%) 59,204.1327 (40%)...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Trusts (Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents) Rohe # Trusts # Blks with Trusts # Blks no Trusts Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha) Taitokerau 1,088 1,459 3,940 88,704.9389 (60%) 59,204.1327 (40%)...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Definition of succession Māori land is owned by either one owner or several owners. In some cases, there are hundreds of owners for one block or title¹.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
Hold a whānau hui Call a hui with the owners of the block(s) to be included in the trust.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
