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Trustee (factsheet)
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Your trust's responsibilities
Read about the responsibilities of Māori land trusts on Tupu.nz.
Ngā tono $68
$68 applications
Succession to Māori land
Transfer of shares in Māori land
Establishment of a trust over Māori land
Adding, reducing, or removing trustees of a trust which manages Māori land
Determining the ownership of structures on Māori land
Occupation of Māori land
Ngā tono $228
$228 applications
Partition, subdivision, amalgamation and aggregation of Māori land
Anything related to a Māori incorporation
Roadways, acces...
Prepare your application
Before you file your application, make sure it meets the
requirements of the MLC, the Act and the Māori Land Court
Rules 2011.
To terminate a trust, you will need support from majority of the beneficiaries. In your application you’ll need to provide:
written consents of the trustees
written consents of the beneficiaries
evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and
a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred
If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary
To assist the Court to process and deal with these proceedings, attach to your notice of intention to appear
a statement setting out your response to each of the claims made by the applicant.
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Step 1: Inform whānau of your plans
Step 2: Organise a hui
Step 3: Hold a hui
Step 4: Reach agreement
Step 5: Submit an application
Interest based trusts
Land based trusts and incorporations Step 1: Inform whānau of your plans
You will need to have a conversation with your whānau to advise them of your plans to set up a trust or an incorporation.