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You can apply to create a whānau trust through an application for succession, or as a stand-alone application.

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Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (110 kb)

Once created, the trust is a separate legal entity and is required to have its own IRD number.

Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)

Once created, the trust is a separate legal entity and is required to have its own IRD number.

Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)

Once created, the trust is a separate legal entity and is required to have its own IRD number.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)

Once created, the trust is a separate legal entity and is required to have its own IRD number.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)

MISCELLANEOUS Review of trust 7.1 The Trustees must apply to the Court for a review of the Trust once every [5] years.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Template-Comprehensive-Whanau-Trust-Order-Final-Version-30-June-2020.pdf (237 kb)

The term mana motuhake is a term that encompasses all of the above elements, but serves to point out that mana is something that applies to Māori people of Aotearoa and to them only.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

At the same time as applying for succession, you can apply to establish a whānau trust15.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)

The changes affect all trusts, including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court (such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing trusts established before the law came into force.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)