Where a family member isn’t included and doesn’t contribute shares to the trust, it’s important the whānau trust order doesn’t inadvertently include that person as a beneficiary.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
Where a member of a family is not included and does not contribute shares to the trust, it is important that the whānau trust order does not inadvertently include that person as a beneficiary 29.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
Where a member of a family is not included and does not contribute shares to the trust, it is important that the whānau trust order does not inadvertently include that person as a beneficiary 29.
By doing this, your whānau members’ wishes about their land can be taken into account.
For example, for an application for succession, you’ll need a death certificate, any grant of administration (grant of probate2 or letters of administration3) or the original will, minutes of a whānau meeting if a whānau trust is required, and consents of the proposed trustees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)
Examples of the Court vesting a block in a ‘tribe by name’ are very difficult to find. One case where it did so was the Te Ahuaturanga block in the Wairarapa, a block of 21,000 acres in the Wairarapa, vested by Judge Rogan in the Rangitāne iwi on 8 September 1870.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
The Formation of the Trust The next step I took was to outline this information to whānau members at a hui held on Labour weekend 2003.
The chairperson is one of the committee’s members; the secretary doesn’t have to be a member.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
In recognition of the principles of the Act that land is taonga tuku iho, of special significance, and to promote the retention of the land in the hands of its owners and their whānau and hapū, the judges usually require that an owner wishing to gift or sell an interest first consult with their children and whānau.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
In 2022, with the adjustment of the rules under the Protection Framework, the Court held a series of special sittings to celebrate the appoint- ment of these three new judges with their whānau, colleagues and friends. All events were auspicious occasions with people travelling from far and wide to attend the sittings.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
