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Te Tumu Paeroa
Office of the Māori Trustee
The Māori Trustee is appointed, in many cases, to act as a responsible trustee to manage Māori freehold land and other assets on behalf of the beneficial owners.
We worked for the back office of large British bank based in Hong Kong. This was during the run up to the hand back of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China, and our job was to establish and administer trust structures to receive the assets of wealthy Chinese prior to their migration to either Canada or Australia.
If you do not have access to a computer, laptop or tablet, you can email your documents to your local district office's email (see below), and then they can arrange for your documents to be uploaded for you.
IF YOU REQUIRE ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL MĀORI LAND COURT
OFFICE.
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CHECKLIST
The purpose of this checklist is to provide a reference to the terms within this example
occupation order which you should specifically consider.
Download the application form for Hāwea-Wanaka
Download the application form for Toitoi
To apply, please email the completed form and any supporting evidence to mlcsilna@justice.govt.nz or bring the completed application into any of the Māori Land Court offices to send to the Christchurch office. Alternatively, the applications can be posted to:
Māori Land Court – Te Waipounamu Registry CJESP Building, Level 1, 20 Lichfield Street Christchurch Central City, Chr...
By providing your contact information, you will be consenting to your information being shared with Te Puni Kōkiri and the Office for Māori Crown Relations - Te Arawhiti. Please advise if you do not consent to this information being shared with Te Puni Kōkiri and Te Arawhiti.
By providing your contact information, you will be consenting to your information being shared with Te Puni Kōkiri, the Office for Māori Crown Relations - Te Arawhiti, and the Hāwea/Wānaka SILNA group for the purpose of receiving updates regarding the block.
If you would like to speak to us kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face), please visit our district offices, where our kaimahi will do their very best to assist you with your enquiry.
The Māori Land Information System (MLIS), the Court’s previous system which held information about whenua Māori and the court record, was only accessible in the court’s district offices. In Pātaka Whenua, landowners can access this information online, from anywhere at any time.
The trustee can also be removed if they:
repeatedly refuses or fail to act as trustee
become an undischarged bankrupt
are a corporate trustee that is subject to an insolvency event, or
are no longer suitable to hold office as trustee because of their conduct or circumstances.
