A person who checks and examines accounts.
• whether:
1. the balance sheet is properly drawn up and gives a true
and fair view of the state of the Māori incorporation’s
affairs
2. the profit and loss account is properly drawn up and
gives a true and fair view of the results of the Māori
incorporation for that financial year
3. the share register has been duly and correctly kept.
In July 2019, the Government passed the Trusts Act 2019
(replacing the Trustee Act 1956). This new Act sets out
the core principles and default rules for trusts, including
trusts created under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The aim is to make the law easier to understand.
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.
Amendments to
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Changes effective from 6 February 2021
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About Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act is the primary legislation for Māori land.
You also need to update your records when a surviving
spouse passes away or remarries and income rights pass
to the successors, similar to the current process when life
interests end.
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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. What has changed?
The review will be done by a judge, who will be able to
confirm, change or cancel the decision and issue a court
order.
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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. What has changed? Whāngai is the traditional Māori practice where a child is
raised by someone other than their birth parents.
Some of the matters the judge
should consider are:
1. A judge should apply the above principles firmly and fairly and not accede too
readily to suggestions of bias.
2.
Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied
to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori
adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the Native Lands Act was not legally
binding.