If you require assistance, please contact your local Māori Land Court office. CHECKLIST The purpose of this checklist is to provide a reference to the terms within this draft trust order which require further consideration by the owners.
When the land has many owners, it’s important that the costs are shared fairly among everyone.
You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
1 māorilandcourt.co.nz A whānau trust combines some or all the Māori land interests of an owner or owners into a single trust, to be held on behalf of their whānau.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
Based in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton Kylee specialises in Māori land and Resource Management matters. She has extensive expertise in facilitation and dispute resolution involving Ahu Whenua Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Whānau Trusts, and Beneficial Owners of Māori Land across Aotearoa.
This trust will hold the land for the beneficial owners, hapū, iwi, or Whenua Tōpū trust.
Trustee responsibilities can include: researching options for the whenua on behalf of owners attending regular trustee meetings to discuss and debate plans for the trust communicating with owners and organising hui for owners or trustees to discuss plans for the whenua visiting the whenua regularly to check on the wellbeing of the land, and working with people involved in the whenua or trust, such as a lessee, accountant, or management team.
Charging orders – water services charges In certain situations, Māori landowners may have to pay for water services. If an owner of Māori freehold land in multiple ownership has paid more than their share of water services changes, they can apply to the Māori Land Court for a “charging order” to recover the excess amount paid.
Setting up an incorporation Previously, landowners seeking to form an incorporation need to show that owners with not less than 15 percent of shares in the Māori land consented to the proposal.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP13 12:00 PM AP-20230000022820 67/93 Helen Catherine Bayliss Omuturangi 3A2 – Summon a meeting of owners to consider a lease
