Use this form to appoint, remove, or replace trustee or change the number of trustees of a Whānau Trust, Kaitiaki Trust, Ahu Whenua Trust, Whenua Tōpū Trust, Pūtea Trust or Māori Reservation.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (225 kb)
A person bound to deal with property on behalf of the owners or beneficiaries. The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing them as trustee for the land is registered against the title.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
Page 1 MLC 04/26 - 23 FORM 23 Rule 12.3 HE TONO HEI WHAKATŪ TARATI (WHAI TAUATANGA) APPLICATION TO FORM WHĀNAU TRUST TO BE USED ONLY WITH AN APPLICATION FOR SUCCESSION Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 214(2) For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz I Te Kooti Whenua Māori o Aotearoa I Te Rohe o [Name of Rohe]___________________________ In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand [Name of distri...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (358 kb)
Use this form to indicate that you consent to be appointed as a trustee for any trust involving the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-B1-Consent-trustee.pdf (311 kb)
This information will assist the Māori Land Court to determine all land interests: • all the deceased person’s names (including maiden name, if applicable) • the deceased person’s brothers’ and sisters’ names • the deceased person’s parents’ names (including the mother’s maiden name) • the names of anyone from whom the deceased person may have obtained interests • the names of the lands in which the deceased person may have had intere...
This information will assist the Māori Land Court to determine all land interests: • all the deceased person’s names (including maiden name, if applicable) • the deceased person’s brothers’ and sisters’ names • the deceased person’s parents’ names (including the mother’s maiden name) • the names of anyone from whom the deceased person may have obtained interests • the names of the lands in which the deceased person may have had intere...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
The trustees must, at their first meeting after being appointed by the court, appoint a trustee to be chairperson and another trustee to be secretary.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
TRUSTEE MEETINGS 18.1 The number of Trustees required to attend a trustee meeting in order to conduct the business of that meeting (“Quorum”) is a majority in number of the Trustees appointed by the Court.
An application to constitute a whānau trust was filed in 2004 and eventually heard in February of 2005. A whānau trust was formed at that stage with myself and two cousins being appointed as trustees.
Within two weeks after this meeting, the committee must inform the Māori Land Court of: • the name, occupation, and address of the appointed chairperson • the name, occupation, and address of the appointed secretary • the place appointed as the registered office of the Māori incorporation.
