Former Judge Layne Harvey discusses the appointment of trustees to Māori land trusts, the ability, experience, knowledge, and acceptability of the nominees.
We get a small amount of dividend payments each year and a tax return has to be prepared. Our trust order requires the trust to be reviewed every five years by the Māori Land Court.
Section 218 of Te Ture Whēnua Māori Act 1993 contains a list of Māori community purposes to which income
from the whānau trust may be applied if provision is made in the trust order.
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152....
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152....
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP28 10:10 AM AP-20260000000207 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Pukekohatu 7B
Ahu Whenua Trust
Review of the Pukekohatu 7B Ahu
Whenua trust
SP29 10:10 AM AP-20260000000266 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Kaitangata 12E
Trust
Review of the Kaitangata 12E Trust
SP30 10:10 AM AP-20260000000269 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Parihaka 22B
Trust
Review of the Parihaka...
In your application you’ll need to provide:
written consents of the trustees
written consents of the beneficiaries
evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and
a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred
If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māori land trust...
SP 21 2:00 PM AP-20250000005169 19/93 Clarence Lee
Brown
Tuhuna 12A1 - Injunction against
any person in respect of any actual
threatened trespass or other injury
to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation. Respondent: Pompey
Brown.