I turn to my own personal experience in creating a whānau trust to consider this further. Background As a youth and young adult I became aware that on my mother’s side our family had Māori land interests in the King Country and Whanganui areas.
Fenton came from a middle- class family of solicitors in England, and qualified as a solicitor after a period as an articled clerk in his uncle’s law firm in the town of Huddersfield.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Simple and uncontested trust applications Before 6 February 2021 Trust applications are decided by a Māori Land Court judge.
www.justice.govt.nz/maorilandcourt 11 A person’s genealogy, or family tree, linking that person to a particular family and/or ancestor. 12 An agreement between two parties that is intended to be enforceable at law.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
www.justice.govt.nz/maorilandcourt 11 A person’s genealogy, or family tree, linking that person to a particular family and/or ancestor. 12 An agreement between two parties that is intended to be enforceable at law.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english-v2.pdf (333 kb)
www.justice.govt.nz/maorilandcourt 11 A person’s genealogy, or family tree, linking that person to a particular family and/or ancestor. 12 An agreement between two parties that is intended to be enforceable at law.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
By that stage it was evident I would not follow him into “the family business”. My first year at Auckland University coincided with the Springbok tour.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP69 10:00 AM AP-20250000006669 19/93 Edward Joseph Hayes Whānau Trust, Christine Brake, Isabel Tui Edwards Opape 1A 15A and Opape 1A15B No 2 blocks - Edward Joseph Hayes Family Trust - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondents: Angelina Rika and Vanessa Hayes)
APPLICATION TO FORM WHĀNAU TRUST TO BE USED ONLY WITH AN APPLICATION FOR SUCCESSION Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 Section 214 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz Page 2 MLC 07/24 - 20 CONSENT We, the undersigned, consent to the formation of the Whānau Trust and, where named above as a trustee, consent to our appointment.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (149 kb)
Although appearances by family members as counsel are not common, judges should be particularly careful if that situation arises.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
