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The trustee duties are a set of general and specific obligations that both the law and the terms of this order impose on the trustees. 3.2 If a trustee fails to comply with and perform his or her trustee duties satisfactorily he or she may be removed from his or her position as a trustee. 3.3 A breach of trust occurs where a Trustee acts contrary to or does not act consistently with a trustee...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)

Trustees’ meetings FIRST TRUSTEE MEETING A chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer should be elected at the first trustee meeting.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)

Quorum 3.19 At meetings of trustees, four trustees must be present to have a quorum.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/05-08-2025-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (632 kb)

Introduction Trustees perform a vital role in the administration and management of Māori land.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

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)

Where a minority trustee disagrees with the majority who have approved a mortgage, the minority trustee can: (a) Record their dissent in writing before the mortgage is registered.

Documents/Practice-notes/Banking-Practice-Note.pdf (204 kb)

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.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

Frustrations have arisen in the utilisation of the land as the estate’s trustees have been unable to make distributions to the beneficiaries (of whom seven are now deceased) without giving some a greater benefit than others.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

TRANSFERRING SHARES TO TRUSTEES Māori land shares can be transferred, by a vesting order, to a trustee from a person who owns, or is entitled to own, Māori land shares.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)

(ii) Consents of all trustees must be filed. (iii) Consents must be evidenced by – (a) completion of this form or (b) consent at family meeting evidenced by minutes of that meeting or (c) completion and production of separate forms of consent.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (149 kb)