Discussion on Whānau Trusts
01 Feb 2013 | NewsLand interests remained in the name of my grandfather and my great-grandmother.
Land interests remained in the name of my grandfather and my great-grandmother.
Pūtea trusts allow the Court on application by an interested party, to vest the uneconomic interests of one or more owners of Māori land into a single entity.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
The shareholders’ former interest in a particular block is converted to an interest of equivalent total value in the aggregation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
The shareholders’ former interest in a particular block is converted to an interest of equivalent total value in the aggregation.
Conflicts of interest arise in a number of different situations.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Recusal-Guidelines.pdf (226 kb)
An incorporation must maintain a register of interests for committee members setting out: the details of any beneficial interests held by each member any dealings in the beneficial interest by each member, and any declarations made by members of the committee.
The trustees must keep an interests register that records any interest of the trustees in trust property or any transaction or proposed transaction with the trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
People, who as co-owners, own land together but in separate interests. Interests in these cases are often unequal.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Alienation involves an alienee (the person who purchases or receives the interest in the land) and an alienor (the person who sells or parts with the interest in the land). 2.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
This includes where: all the people receiving the land interests are the ‘natural children’ of the person who has died, and they are all receiving equal interests, or whānau have already succeeded to the interests of the deceased and the ‘further interests’ that have been found, will be distributed, in the same way as the previous succession.