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The beneficiaries are called the beneficial
owners.
2. For information on trustees’ duties and responsibilities see Part 3 of the Trusts
Act 2019 and Part 12 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
3.
These principles are:
• a trust should be administered in a way that is consistent
with its terms and objectives, and
• a trust should be administered in a way that avoids
unnecessary cost and complexity.
Historically, most succession applications were heard by a
Māori Land Court judge.
Now, if your succession application is assessed to be ‘simple
and uncontested’, then it can be decided by a Māori Land
Court registrar without a court sitting (unless you request to
be heard by a judge in a court sitting).
The name of the proceedings and the case number.
2. Your role in the proceedings (e.g. applicant, respondent, legal representative for
the applicant).
3.
For example, an
application for succession will require a
death certificate, any grant of administration
(probate 2 or letters of administration 3) or the
original will, minutes of a whānau meeting if
a whānau trust is required and consents of
the proposed trustees.
Ka
taea e ngā rōpū tikanga kaitiaki pēnei me
ngā rōpū kaitiaki tikanga ā whānau, ngā rōpū
kaitiaki pūtea 2 me ngā rōpū kaitiaki 3 anō, te
mahi ki raro i te marara o te kaporeihana Māori.
Te roa o te tūnga kaitiaki
Ka mau tonu te kaitiaki i taua tūnga kia
whakahau rā anō te kōti, kua ea te wā ki a ia.
Ka āhei anō te kaitiaki ki te rihaina i te wā e
hiahia ana a ia, ā, mā te Kooti Whenua Māori
rānei a ia e whakamutu mēnā ka rangona
1 He whenua ehara nō Māori, ehara nō te
Karauna.
2 Ko te Kuini tonu te rangatira whai mana o
Aotearoa hei tā te Karauna.
You
do not need to file separate applications for
each district.
1 The official record of legal ownership of
property and the legal evidence of a person’s
ownership rights.
2A person who receives, as of right, a share of
a deceased person’s estate.
3 Someone who is given authority by the
High Court to manage and administer the
estate of a deceased person.