Template Comprehensive Whanau Trust Order Final Version 30 June 2020
How the Trustees may hold and deal with the Trust Property is subject to the terms of this Trust.
How the Trustees may hold and deal with the Trust Property is subject to the terms of this Trust.
If you have recently been appointed as a trustee, or are considering becoming a trustee, you are welcome to attend trustee training to learn about your role and responsibilities.
Trustees The Court may appoint trustees to administer a reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
The Māori Reservation Regulations 1994 outline how the trustees are expected to manage the reservation.
A person(s) 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/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
Final resolution That an application be filed with the Māori Land Court to constitute the [name of ahu whenua or whenua tōpū trust], appoint [list the full names of the elected trustees] as trustees and approve the draft trust order.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
I know this is a problem, and in my view primarily a matter of banks becoming educated in the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Includes records in the various registries known as estates files, wills files, probate files, letters of administration files, personal files, personalty files, war gratuities files A1, A2, A3, A5 3.2 Appointment of trustees records Records concerning the appointment of trustees for an individual with a disability.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
You can attend a session if you are a newly appointed trustee, if you are thinking about becoming a trustee, or if you would like to refresh your knowledge.
Checklist of documents required (if applicable and available) • List of owners present at the gathering • Statement setting out how the alienee is a member of one of the preferred classes of alienees, including any necessary whakapapa details • Roll valuation or special valuation of the land and any improvements to it by a registered valuer • Minutes of the meeting or, if no minutes were kept, a statement of the pertinent issues discussed at the meeting, including— • every proposal p...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-33-Confirmation-of-resolution.pdf (183 kb)