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Legislative changes affecting trusts
Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021
Updated provisions for removing a trustee
The Act now allows for the Māori Land Court to remove a
trustee if it is satisfied that they have lost the capacity to
perform their functions as a trustee, or that their removal is
desirable for the proper execution of the trust (for example
because they repeatedly refuse or fail to act as a trustee, they
become an undischarged bankrupt, o...
Includes records in the various
registries known as estates files, wills files,
probate files, letters of administration files,
personal files, personalty files, war gratuities
files
A1, A2,
A3, A5
3.2 Appointment of
trustees records
Records concerning the appointment of
trustees for an individual with a disability.
Trustees and Māori communities must spend a considerable amount of time and effort fundraising, making applications for grants and donating their own time to working bees and the like to look after the reservation.
