Discussion on the appointment of trustees to Māori land trusts
01 Feb 2012 | NewsNew trustees were finally appointed in November 2011.
New trustees were finally appointed in November 2011.
Use this form to appoint, remove, or replace trustee or change the number of trustees of a Whānau Trust, Kaitiaki Trust, Ahu Whenua Trust, Whenua Tōpū Trust, Pūtea Trust or Māori Reservation.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (225 kb)
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)
Review the trust; or iii. Enforce the trustees’ obligations if it is alleged the majority trustees have breached their obligations.
Once chosen, the Māori reservation trustees choose one of their own number who is not already an ahu whenua trustee to represent them on that trust.
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.
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)