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In August 2020, the Government passed targeted
changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify
the legal processes for owning, occupying and using
Māori land.
The review will be done by a judge, who will be able to
confirm, change or cancel the decision and issue a court order.
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted
changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify
the legal processes for owning, occupying and using
Māori land.
These principles are:
• a trust should be administered in a way that is consistent
with its terms and objectives, and
• a trust should be administered in a way that avoids
unnecessary cost and complexity.
(k) To enter into conservation covenants, and to vary or surrender those covenants,
with regional and territorial authorities, government departments, government
schemes or trusts provided that no covenants shall be for a term longer than 25 years.
The Trustee duties are the main set of rules that govern how the Trustees are to behave. They
are there to ensure that the Trust Land and Trust Property are managed and looked after by
the Trustees prudently and to ensure that they are used for the benefit of those who are entitled
to benefit, namely the Beneficial Owners.
4.
If you’re facing financial hardship, for example, you’re on a Work and Income New Zealand benefit or you’re receiving Superannuation, you can request to have the fee waived or reduced.
The early history of individualisation leading to land dispossession and alienation and the impact this system of tenure wrought on Māori society has been rehearsed time and time again before the Waitangi Tribunal.