Where land is vested in trustees, the
trustees own the land as legal owners on
behalf of the beneficiaries. The beneficiaries
hold their individual shares in the land as
beneficial owners.
The proposed trustees were elected by the beneficiaries entitled to succeed at a meeting held at
[place]:_______________________________________________on [date]:________________________
A copy of the minutes of the meeting held to constitute the whānau trust is attached.
If this is not done, the Court may direct that formal notice
be given to the beneficiaries.
5 Wills
Wills do not apply to these successions to SILNA Lands under the Court’s inquiry under section 29 of Te Ture Whenua Māori
Act 1993.
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CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: Please tick to confirm the following
Signed consents of trustees
Notice of meeting given to beneficiaries or owners (eg written notification, public advertisement etc) Minutes of
Minutes of meeting consenting to replacement, removal, or addition of trustees or change in number of trustees
CV for each proposed trustee
MĀORI LAND COUR...
On 9 November 2015, the Court approved a list of 1071 persons for the Hāwea-Wānaka substitute block.11 An updated list was referred to the Court on 5 October 2017, which included a list of 1146 interim beneficiaries for the block. This new list was intended to be a “stake in the ground” from which updates could be added.