A failure to do so can amount to a breach of trust. Calling trustee meetings It is the chairperson who calls meetings of trustees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
If the shares are owned by a pūtea trust, the trustees will receive the notice of the meeting, but the people who contributed the shares, not the trustees, will vote.
If the shares are owned by a pūtea trust, the trustees will receive the notice of the meeting, but the people who contributed the shares, not the trustees, will vote.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)
If the shares are owned by a pūtea trust, trustees will receive the notice of the meeting but the people who contributed the shares, not the trustees, will vote.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
If a trustee disagrees, they can have their opposing vote recorded.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Voting 3.14 Voting for election of trustees will be by a show of hands of those attending the meeting. 3.15 There will be no proxy voting.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)
However, an administrator³ appointed under a grant of administration⁴ can vote once the shares are vested⁵ in the administrator.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
• In the unlikely event that no one is entitled to succeed, the Court can determine who should succeed and, if necessary, create a trust for the deceased’s interests.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
• In the unlikely event that no one is entitled to succeed, the Court can determine who should succeed and, if necessary, create a trust for the deceased’s interests.
The applicant should be prepared to establish this at the hearing. 2 The rules require that proper notice must be given of the time, date, and place of the hearing to persons who voted against the formation of a trust or objected to it (see paragraph 10 under Details in support of application).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (246 kb)
