Discussion on Whānau Trusts
01 Feb 2013 | NewsI turn to my own personal experience in creating a whānau trust to consider this further.
I turn to my own personal experience in creating a whānau trust to consider this further.
Trusts Act 2019 impacts on trusts Effective from 30 January 2021 What do trustees need to do differently? There are new requirements on trustees to keep and share certain information.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
Individual districts may mail out separate Pänui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu.
Documents/Panui/0903423-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-October-2023-CONFIRMED-FOR-WEBSITE.pdf (615 kb)
Ngā utu whakawā ki tētahi tangata, ki tētahi kāhui tāngata rānei i whiwhi ai i te Tahua Āwhina Motuhake Costs against a person or class of persons in receipt of Special Aid 25.
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
The Registrar may, on receiving your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing before a judge. Where a determination or order has already been made by a registrar, affected persons may also apply to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.
Documents/Panui/1105523-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-December-2023-web.pdf (985 kb)
Use this form to request a confirmed search of interests that may be held in the name of any deceased person who may have interests in Māori Freehold Land.
When the High Court appoints a person to administer the estate of a deceased person (generally where there is no will or if the will does not name an executor), the Court’s authority for that person to act is given in a grant of letters of administration. 4.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)
To determine for how long the first seven trustees will serve, at their first meeting they will draw from a hat numbers 1, 2 or 3 (with the hat containing two Is, two 2s, and three 3s). 3.7 If any trustee resigns before serving a full term, or if a trustee passes away, the chairperson may either fill the vacancy by calling on the candidate with the next highest number of votes at the last election or wait until the next general meeting for the position to be filled by a newly-elected trus...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)
Trustees may be held personally liable, jointly and severally, for any losses a trust may sustain and for other breaches of trust.
(b) To set aside cash reserves; to set aside such cash reserves as the Trustees think prudent from the net proceeds for contingencies (even if doing so will result in a distribution not being made to the Beneficiaries) or for capital expenditure or for expansion, provided that in doing so the Trustees: 12 (i) comply with their trustee duties; and (ii) consider that their decision to do any of the above will advance the Purposes of this Trust.