The land interests would then go directly back to those beneficiaries of the estate who contributed shares to the whānau trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
Support was given for the formation of a whānau trust. An application to constitute a whānau trust was filed in 2004 and eventually heard in February of 2005.
The Court may, on considering such notice, arrange for the application to be set down for formal hearing or rehearing as the case may be.
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
Currently, this ranges from sale and long term lease decisions to the establishment of trusts and incorporations to ratifying the decisions of assembled owners.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
A vesting order can be used to transfer Māori land shares: • from one person to another on the sale or gift of the shares • to the trustee(s) 6 of the landowners • from a trustee, or representative, to the person beneficially entitled to the shares • to provide a dwelling site for an owner • between owners to facilitate a partition of the land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
A vesting order can be used to transfer Māori land shares: • from one person to another on the sale or gift of the shares • to the trustee(s) 6 of the landowners • from a trustee, or representative, to the person beneficially entitled to the shares • to provide a dwelling site for an owner • between owners to facilitate a partition of the land.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
A vesting order can be used to transfer Māori land shares: • from one person to another on the sale or gift of the shares • to the trustee(s) 6 of the landowners • from a trustee, or representative, to the person beneficially entitled to the shares • to provide a dwelling site for an owner • between owners to facilitate a partition of the land.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
DERIVATION Details of the history of a share or interest to confirm the source of that interest – from whom the shareholder received that share.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
In your application you’ll need to provide: evidence that demonstrates that they have failed to carry out their duties, breached our Act or the constitution or acted in a manner that is incompatible with membership on the committee evidence of any meetings (or attempts to call a meeting) to consider the proposed removal, and evidence to show general support for the proposed removal.
With shares held by individuals becoming increasingly fractionated but shares held in whānau trusts being relatively stable, I foresee a time when these whānau trusts will be major shareholders in trusts and incorporations.
