SIGNATURE OF APPLICANTS: Consent to provide contact details to trustee or other administrator I/We* agree to contact details in this application being provided to the trustee or other administrator of any land to which this application relates†.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-23-Application-Whanau-Trust.pdf (365 kb)
Where appointments are made, there is a great need for trustee training programmes to be available to ensure that new trustees understand their roles and responsibilities.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP24 12:30 PM AP-20250000015380 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Ruatangata 1E1A Trust Add Theresa Robinson, Leanne Hiroti and Katarina Hiroti as advisory trustees of the Ruatangata 1E1A Trust SP25 12:35 PM AP-20260000002261 86/93 Deputy Registrar He whakahounga ki tētahi moka i te pūranga o te kooti Amend a record of the court to correct an error at 504 Aotea MB 154-157 dated 18 February 2025...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 10:00AM AP-20230000020178 A20220013485 113/93 118/93 Raewyn Timms Kathleen Ray Hemo Whareumu Clark – Succession SP 2 10:00AM AP-20230000020118 A20220012367 239/93, 338(7)/93 Lynn Freeman Te Komiti Z2B – Replace Sue Rihari and Add Lynn Freeman as trustee SP 3 10:00AM AP-20230000028910 A20230001002 214/93 219/93 Hohepa Joseph Puru Hohepa Kawe Puru Whānau Trust – Constitute a whānau trust SP 4 10:00AM AP-20230000021387 A2023...
Documents/Panui/28.-Taitokerau-Special-1-October-2024.pdf (138 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 11:45 AM AP-20240000004382 231/93 239/93 Māori Trustee Bruce Bay Blk VII Sec 891 and Blk VIII Secs 893-897 Karangarua Blk V Secs 898, 899, Part 900, 2499 and 2500 Ahu Whenua Trust - Review of Trust and replace Dorothy Fraser as trustee and appoint Melanie Wilson and William Wilson as advisory trustees SP3 11:30 AM AP-20230000020483 231/93 Māori Trustee Taieri Blk C Sub 5 - Review of trust SP4 11:30 AM AP-2023...
Documents/Panui/25.-Te-Waipounamu-4-September-2025.pdf (125 kb)
Currently, the Māori Trustee administers as trustee or agent approximately 1,800 Māori Land Trusts and other Māori entities.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP14 12:30 PM AP-20240000009743 239/93 338(7)/93 Kiri Tonga, Orael Joy Frearson, Orael Joy Frearson (Te Wharewahia & Te Kahui Farm) He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Opuatia Marae Trust Judicial Conference (Replace Aaron Tonga, Orael Frearson and Hoani Bason with Kerry Ngataki and Lucy Tonga as responsible trustees of the Opuatia Marae Trust) SP15 12:30 PM AP-20240000009747 239/93 Kiri Tonga, Orael Joy Frearson, Orael...
Documents/Panui/22.-Waikato-Maniapoto-3-December-2025.pdf (137 kb)
Legislative changes affecting trusts Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021 Updated provisions for removing a trustee The Act now allows for the Māori Land Court to remove a trustee if it is satisfied that they have lost the capacity to perform their functions as a trustee, or that their removal is desirable for the proper execution of the trust (for example because they repeatedly refuse or fail to act as a trustee, they become an undischarged bankrupt, o...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
Currently, the Māori Trustee administers as trustee or agent approximately 1,800 Māori Land Trusts and other Māori entities.
Trustees and Māori communities must spend a considerable amount of time and effort fundraising, making applications for grants and donating their own time to working bees and the like to look after the reservation.
