If you have a current application in the MāoriLand Court that is being delayed by a dispute, you can ask for your application to be put on hold while you attempt to settle the dispute outside of court.
No record of these conversations will be publicly available on the MāoriLand Court record. If an agreement is reached through mediation, the mediator will record the terms of the agreement and provide this to the MāoriLand Court.
In your application you’ll need to provide:
written consents of the trustees
written consents of the beneficiaries
evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and
a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred
If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māoriland trust), the...
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Trustee (factsheet)
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Your trust's responsibilities
Read about the responsibilities of Māoriland trusts on Tupu.nz.
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Upcoming trustee training
Find out when the next trustee training is happening in person and online.
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance
with the provisions of the MāoriLand Court Rules 2011 and
they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
