If the problems cannot be resolved, the landowners
can apply to the Māori Land Court to:
• review the terms, operation, or other aspect of the trust
• add, replace, or remove trustees
• investigate the trust
• enforce the terms of the trust
• vary the terms of the trust
• terminate the trust.
An application to the Māori Land Court needs to be filed
on the relevant application form and accompanied by the
application fee, which is shown on the form.
(state full name)
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MAKEAPPLICATION TO:
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If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
January 2024 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out
your connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
July 2024 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your
connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
Trusts still need to have regard to provisions for trusts in Te
Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Why make this change?
The new Trusts Act makes the law around trusts more accessible
and easier to understand.
If you are interested in or affected by an application and wish to make representations on
the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4 pm on the 1st of April 2023 and specify brief
details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in writing by 4pm on the 1st day of
May 2024 providing your name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting out your
connection with the application and brief details of your concerns.
If you are interested in, or affected by, one of these applications and wish to make
representations concerning the application, you must notify the Court in the District in which the application is
being heard in writing by 4pm on the 1st March 2024, providing your name and address, telephone number, and
email address, if any, and setting out your connections with the applications and brief details of your concerns.
Trustees are appointed by the Māori Land Court under the jurisdiction set out in s 222 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. In making appointments two crucial criteria must be considered.
