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This is the case for the largest
and most successful trusts and incorporations, such as the Tuaropaki Trust and
Mangatu Incorporation, right down to the smallest papakainga trusts.
This
legislation makes provision for contracts
made by minors.
2. The Trusts Act 2019 provides three
definitions:
• an “adult” as a person aged 18 years
or over;
• a “child” as a person under the age of
18 years; and
• the “age of majority” for trusts as 18.
(k) Landowner(s): [insert the names of the owners of the Parent Block or
the name of the existing management structure (in the case of a trust, name the
current trustees, followed by “as trustees of the [name of trust]”)]
(l) Maximum Occupants: [Twelve (12)] people.
They are responsible for their area’s contribution to the rates etc payable to the ahu whenua trust.
The Māori reservation trustees administer places of importance to all the beneficiaries.
2) Where Utuhina differs is in the way they elect their ahu whenua trustees:
The beneficiaries of the respective whānau trusts choose not only their whānau trust trustees but also who of those trustees will be their representative on the ahu whenua trust.