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incorporations/creating-a-trust-or-incorporation/
Types of trustees
The Act recognises 3 types of trustee.
Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trusteesto hold on behalf of the
descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries)
If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.
Where appointments are made, there is a great need for trustee training programmes to be available to ensure that new trustees understand their roles and responsibilities.
DETAILS OF CHANGES TOTRUSTEES:
1. Trusteesto be removed as a result of resignation, retirement or death are: (if none then go to question 3)
Names of Trustees Reason for removal (resignation, retirement, death)
Note: If atrustee is to be removed because he or she is deceased, the Court will require reasonable evidence as to his or her death, for example, evidence
of attendance at the tangi, a copy of the...
Use this form to create an Ahu Whenua Trust (a land trust) by vesting one or more land blocks in trusteesto
manage, as set out in a trust deed/order on behalf of the beneficial owner(s).
(vi) Succession by will – where a testator died after 1 July 1994 the right to succeed under a will is limited by s108 of the Act
to certain classes of people.
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APPLICATION FOR AN OCCUPATION ORDER
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Section 328
Form 40
Rule 13.15
WHAT IS THIS FORM FOR?
Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori
in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house...
Where a determination or order has already been made by a Registrar, affected persons may also apply
to the court to seek a review of that determination or order.