RESPONSIBLE TRUSTEES Responsible trustees are responsible for: • carrying out the terms of the trust order • administering and managing the business of the trust • preserving the assets of the trust • collecting and distributing the trust’s income.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
Section 131 of the Trusts Act 2019 (formerly section 73 of the Trustee Act 1956).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
Applications for Hearing PÄNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 39 11:00AM A20220008851 164/93 Ihipera Makinare McClutchie Waitekaha A6A2 - Transfer of Shares from Ihipera Makinare McClutchie to Tane Rickard 40 11:05AM A20220004035 239/93 Wikitoria Gilvray Te Whänau a Iritekura Trust - Reduce the Trustees by Removing Te Wairemana Elizabeth Keelan as Trustee 41 11:12AM A20220004491 239/93 Teoraiti Debbie Andrews Matahiia X, Matahiia...
Documents/Panui/0825522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-October-2022-web22.pdf (589 kb)
Former Judge Layne Harvey discusses the appointment of trustees to Māori land trusts, the ability, experience, knowledge, and acceptability of the nominees.
Accordingly, whilst all the beneficiaries of the respective whānau trusts are also beneficiaries of the ahu whenua trust, there is no election of trustees at an ahu whenua trust AGM.
When you submit an application, you’ll need to include information about the trust and trustees. The Court will review: day-to-day management of the trust financial management of the trust documentation of the trust, and the terms of the trust.
Where the title to the land is vested in a Māori land trust (e.g. an Ahu Whenua Trust or a Whānau Trust) the trustees can approve a mortgage against the land subject to any restrictions in the trust order (ss 147 and 150A of the Act)
Trustee duties Ngā mōhiotanga Acquaintance As a trustee you need to know: what is being administered by the trust (any land or other assets of the trust) the terms of trust (your powers and responsibilities under the trust order) all the issues affecting the trust.
Agreement on the name of the trust. Agreement on the beneficiaries of the trust.
Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to 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.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (201 kb)
