A person bound to deal with property on behalf of the owners or beneficiaries. The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing them as trustee for the land is registered against the title.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
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 (299 kb)
Trustees must also make basic trust information available to all beneficiaries (such as a list of the trust’s beneficiaries, the name and contact details of trustees, and the appointment or removal of trustees).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
A certificate, signed by the Māori trustee or the court-appointed agent or trustee or the alienor, that the money has been paid, is sufficient evidence to satisfy the Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
The assets of the trust are vested in the custodian trustee where one is appointed. ADVISORY TRUSTEES Advisory trustees are responsible for • giving advice to the responsible trustees.
Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
The assets of the trust are vested in the custodian trustee where one is appointed. ADVISORY TRUSTEES Advisory trustees are responsible for • giving advice to the responsible trustees.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
The assets of the trust are vested in the custodian trustee where one is appointed. ADVISORY TRUSTEES Advisory trustees are responsible for • giving advice to the responsible trustees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
The trustees must, at their first meeting after being appointed by the court, appoint a trustee to be chairperson and another trustee to be secretary.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
The interests of a child When the successor is a child at the time the Māori Land Court makes the succession order, the Court can also appoint a kaitiaki 19 trustee to act for the child until he or she reaches 20 years of age or marries, whichever occurs sooner.
The interests of a child When the successor is a child at the time the Māori Land Court makes the succession order, the Court can also appoint a kaitiaki 19 trustee to act for the child until he or she reaches 20 years of age or marries, whichever occurs sooner.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
