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APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
A20230003684 113/93,
118/93
Rahora Elianna Grant Ada Fotu also known as Ada Kereopa or Ada Grant
or Ada Wilson and Ada Ann Wilson - Succession
A20230003965 164/93 Ben Waaka Ahipara A3A2 - Transfer of shares by way of gift
from Ben Waaka to Samuel Evan Ruke and Tracy
Charlotte Maree Ruke
A20230004004 113/93,
118/93,
214/93
Joseph Xsaviour
Kopani Witika-Pongi
Ane Taniora Witika – Succession, constitute the
Ane Taniora Witika’s Whanau Trus...
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
A20230005867 231/93 Lorraine Hine Hinemoa Anaru and Tangihia Whänau Charitable Trust -
Review of Anaru and Tangihia Whänau Charitable
Trust
A20230005025 113/93,
118/93,
214/93
Marie Mendoza, Esme
Bell
Dolly Huhana Connor also known as Huhana Connor
or Dolly Connor or Tare Connor or Dolly Herewini or
Huhana Herewini - Succession, constitute the Dolly
Huhana Connor Herewini Whanau Trust in respect
of the deceased and appoint Tuki Herewini,...
‘Simple’ trust applications have no complicating factors.
Examples of what could be considered ‘simple’ trust matters
include:
• forming a whānau trust for a single owner’s interests or
shares; or
• terminating a kaitiaki trust for a minor when the person
reaches 20 years of age; or
• appointing a trustee to a whānau trust.
An obvious corollary to that proposition is, subject to the available resources and infrastructure of the trust to cater for such procedures. For example, one ahu whenua trust has over 8,000 beneficial owners for an area of land less than 200 hectares with income of less than $10,000.00 per annum.
I hesitate to suggest that Australia may also learn from those examples as well.
TREATY PRINCIPLES
Treaty principles flow from Te Tiriti ō Waitangi - the Treaty of Waitangi.
There may be occasions, for example whereby a sole mediator may have strengths in the law and property issues, but may not have the ability to manage tikanga issues that underline the dispute; thus having two mediators who together have these skills could prove helpful.
There may be occasions, for example whereby a sole mediator
may have strengths in the law and property issues, but may not have the ability to manage
tikanga issues that underline the dispute; thus having two mediators who together have these
skills could prove helpful.
The problem we face is not quite as dramatic as I see in the Cook Islands and Niue where I also serve. As an example of the way things have shifted, the Māori Land Court staff at Rotorua have 31 members whose ages range from early 20s through to being close to retirement.
