Comment Box
1. If the Trustees are discussing and/or deciding whether to grant a right to occupy, a license or
lease of Trust land to a Trustee ("Trustee X") or someone related to Trustee X, then Trustee
X has a Conflict.
F. If the trustees acquire further land or other assets for the purposes of the trust, that land
becomes trust land, and the other assets become trust property.
The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees,
the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
TRUSTEES' ROLE AND DUTIES
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori
land.
To find out more about trustees’ duties, visit
maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/trusts-and-
incorporations/trustees-duties/
Administering the trust
Trustees are responsible for the day-to-day running of the
trust (the Māori Land Court does not administer trusts).
To find out more about trustees’ duties, visit
maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/trusts-and-
incorporations/trustees-duties/
Administering the trust
Trustees are responsible for the day-to-day running of the
trust (the Māori Land Court does not administer trusts).
To find out more about trustees’ duties, visit
maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/trusts-and-
incorporations/trustees-duties/
Administering the trust
Trustees are responsible for the day-to-day running of the
trust (the Māori Land Court does not administer trusts).
To find out more about trustees’ duties, go online to
maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/trusts-and-
incorporations/trustees-duties
We also have a separate factsheet on trustees’ duties.
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners...