It’s important the beneficiaries of the land interests be
determined first in case the whānau trust is ever terminated.
The land interests would then go directly back to those
beneficiaries of the estate who contributed shares to
the whānau trust.
Most judges will enjoy long-standing friendships with practitioners, and links with former
partners and colleagues. These need not be terminated upon appointment to the bench,
and subject to actual conflicts of interest arising from knowledge of clients or
circumstances, such connections should not generally affect a judge’s impartiality.
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Rhea Larissa Kshatri Ivan John Lewis - Succession
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Richard Alexander Te
Whiti Te Akau, Tania
Heranikau Katarina Te
Akau
Richard Ivan Te Akau – Transfer of deceased’s
interests from Richard Te Akau, Tania Te
Akau and Jason Te Akau as administrators to
beneficiaries
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Oma Henare Winiata Tyrone Tokorangi Winiata - Succession
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(l) To engage and employ employees, contractors, agents, professional advisors and
any other supplier of products or services, and to dismiss them or terminate their
contracts, provided that the services are for the purposes of the trust and involve no
conflicts of interest.
Since the Act’s inception over 1500 ahu whenua trusts have been created
(and only a few terminated). Invariably, those new trusts have been initiated by the
engaged owners who are in the minority.
He Pou Herenga Tangata
He Pou Herenga Whenua
He Pou Whare Kōrero
150 years
of the Māori Land Court
He Pou Herenga Tangata
He Pou Herenga Whenua
He Pou Whare Kōrero
150 years
of the Māori Land Court
Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Ministry of Justice | Te Tāhū o te Ture
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