They are not responsible for administering the trust. Trustees’ duties Trustees are bound by the Act and the Trustee Act 1956.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
New trustees were finally appointed in November 2011.
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)
What are the duties of a trustee? The Act sets out two kinds of trustee duty.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP27 11:20 AM AP-20260000000142 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahiti mō Ngatitupaea E2 Ahu Whenua Trust Reduce the advisory trustees of the Ngatitupaea E2 Ahu Whenua Trust by removing Hinemaire Edwards SP28 11:25 AM AP-20260000000456 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Ngatimanuhiakai 10A2 Ahu Whenua Trust Reduce the advisory trustees of Ngatimanuhiakai 10A2 Ahu Whenua...
If you want to remove a trustee, you’ll need to provide: evidence of any meetings called to remove the trustee(s) and the attendance and minutes, and the details of the trustee or trustees who should be removed and the reasons why.
Review the trust; or iii. Enforce the trustees’ obligations if it is alleged the majority trustees have breached their obligations.
Once chosen, the Māori reservation trustees choose one of their own number who is not already an ahu whenua trustee to represent them on that trust.
On this page The role of a trustee Trustee duties Trustee training The role of a trustee The role of trustees is to make decisions that benefit current landowners and future generations, while achieving aspirations for the whenua.
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
