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Trustee (factsheet)
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Your trust's responsibilities
Read about the responsibilities of Māori land trusts on Tupu.nz.
On this page
Step 1: Inform whānau of your plans
Step 2: Organise a hui
Step 3: Hold a hui
Step 4: Reach agreement
Step 5: Submit an application
Interest based trusts
Land based trusts and incorporations Step 1: Inform whānau of your plans
You will need to have a conversation with your whānau to advise them of your plans to set up a trust or an incorporation.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of April
providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your connection
with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
May 2023 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your
connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to
make representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
June 2023 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your
connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
July 2023 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your
connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
Te Whakamaene, Specialist Applications
Team
Te Whakamaene, Specialist Applications team
provide the administrative support for all applica-
tions that are specific to the Chief Judge (and by
delegation, to the Deputy Chief Judge) of the Māori
Land Court.
What the videos cover
The videos show how to use Near Match search to find:
documents
ownership information
land blocks
management structures
Where to find them
All four videos are available on the Pātaka Whenua guidance page on our website, alongside other user guides and troubleshooting information.
Accessing Pātaka Whenua
Step 1
In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click
the green tab in the top right area labelled “Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.