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The benefits of an ahu whenua trust include: a greater opportunity to use the land trustees can be appointed to administer and manage the block owners can participate in meetings and decisions about the direction of the trust the trust becomes the single point of contact for the block, and the trust is a legal entity and trustees can set up a bank account to hold any funds for the beneficiaries.

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HE KUPU WHAKATŪPATO As part of our responsibility to care and protect the court record, and because much of that record is old and sometimes fragile, it is not always possible to view the physical record.

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These regulations only apply to Māori land blocks that do not have existing trustees or which are not vested in a Māori incorporation.

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This practice note is subject to Part 16 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 (Rules). 3.

Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)

Notably Chief Justice Elias, as she then was, stated in her dissenting judgement in Takamore v Clarke2 that “Maori custom according to tikanga is therefore part of the values of the New Zealand common law”.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

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.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)

The mediation conversations will not be part of the public court record. If necessary, a judge may make a court order to formalise what has been agreed by the parties.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)

These are not new duties – they were already part of the law but were not spelled out clearly in the previous legislation.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)

It will therefore be important that mediators with some working knowledge of the relevant legislation are appointed once private mediators can be appointed under Part 3A of the Act. Written Reports and Settlement Agreements The appointed mediator must provide written reports to keep the Registrar informed of the progress of the mediation.

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The message I want to leave you with is to look after yourselves and each other. Part of that includes exposing harassment, in whatever form, when you see it.

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