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Te whakamututanga o tō tarahiti (utu tāpae) $68
Terminate your trust (filing fee $68)
The beneficiaries of a trust can apply to partially (where some interests are re-vested to owners and descendants) or fully terminate a trust (where all interests or land are re-vested to owners and descendants).
If those entitled to succeed do wish to vest the deceased’s interests in a whānau trust, please complete and attach to this
application form 23 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
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An ahu whenua trust is the most common Māori landtrust.
It is designed to promote the use and administration of the land in the interests of the owners and is
often used for commercial and/or papakāinga development.
If only certain members of the whānau (for
example, not all of the siblings of mum and dad) are vesting their interests into the whānau
trust, then name each of the persons vesting their interest in clause 1.2.
2.
If those entitled to succeed do wish to vest the deceased’s interests in a whānau trust, please complete and attach to this
application form 23 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.
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SCHEDULE 1: MATTERS THAT MAY BE DEALT WITH BY ASSEMBLED OWNERS
Section 172, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993:
The assembled owners of any land may consider, and, where appropriate, pass resolutions concerning, any 1 or more of the following matters:
(a) a proposal that the owners of the land or any part of it shall, either by themsleves or toge...
