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
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COURT 1862–1890s the Trustees be appointed he be one and his son Tureiti Te Heu Heu succeed him on his death’.
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It outlines the legislative history, relevance to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, new urupā, beneficiary class and underlying ownership and advantages.
We know that with our different, but complimentary, roles comes great opportunity and responsibility for ensuring that Māori landowners enjoy the best possible outcomes from the service we provide.
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Ngā kaiwhaipānga Beneficiaries Beneficiaries are the people who benefit from any development(s) from a trust or block of land.
The retiring trustees shall be selected in the following order: (a) any trustee who wishes to retire and does not offer to stand for re-election; (b) the trustee who has been longest in office since his or her election, but as between persons who were elected trustees on the same day the trustee to retire is to be determined by lot.
Use this form when exchanging some or all of your interests in Māori Land by sale or gift with some or all of the Māori Land interests of a different owner in a different block of Māori Land.
The Māori reservation trustees administer places of importance to all the beneficiaries. 2) Where Utuhina differs is in the way they elect their ahu whenua trustees: The beneficiaries of the respective whānau trusts choose not only their whānau trust trustees but also who of those trustees will be their representative on the ahu whenua trust.
They have many important responsibilities to fulfil and must balance the expectations of the beneficiaries with their duties as prudent trustees.
As a consequence, we are in a transition phase between the old approach and new. Our staff and our customers are having to adapt to the new environment.
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