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He mātanga ia ki ngā
take ture e pā ana ki te Māori,
tae atu ki ngā ture whenua
Māori, ngā whakataunga Tiriti,
ngā tohutohu e pā ana ki ngā
whakahaerenga whai muri i
te whakataunga mō ngā rōpū
ā-iwi, Te Rōpū Whakamana i te
Tiriti o Waitangi, me ngā tohe
ture tūmatanui whānui me te
whanaketanga o te ture.
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 land being managed by another Māori land trust), the land must be vested in another trus...
[full name(s)],
apply pursuant to section 113 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (as provided for in Clause 15.6.2 of the Ngāi Tahu
Deed of Settlement and in accordance with the Court’s inquiry under section 29 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993),
for determination of the successors to the deceased.
(state full name)
apply pursuant to section 113 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (as provided for in Clause 15.6.2 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of
Settlement and in accordance with the Court’s inquiry under section 29 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993), for
determination of the successors to the deceased.
A te reo Māori resource for words
used in the Māori Land Court and
the Waitangi Tribunal
Ngā Kupu Māori mō te
Kooti Whenua Māori me
te Rōpū Whakamana i te
Tiriti o Waitangi
acting prudently mahi i runga i te āta tūpato
acting reasonably mahi i runga i te āta whakaaro
acting competently mahi i runga i te matatau ki ngā mahi
acting in good conscience mahi i runga i te whakaaro pai
acting impartially mahi i runga i te tōkeke
active (as in inquiry) hohe
add (as in Trustee)...
I arahi te Tāhū o te Ture i ngā panonitanga tae
atu ki ngā panonitanga ā-ture ki Te Ture Whenua
Māori Act 1993, ki tētahi ratonga hou mō te
whakatau take, ki ngā whakatikahanga ki te hātepe
mō ngā tauatanga ki Te Kooti Whenua Māori, ki
ngā panonitanga anō hoki ki te whakaaturanga
whakahaere.
There are two main pieces of legislation to consider: the Trusts Act 2019 and the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 . Other pieces of legislation a trust and trustees may have to follow include:
Privacy Act
Resource Management Act
Health and Safety at Work Act
Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 Trustee training
We offer regular and free training in person and online to help trustees better understand their duties, legal obligations, and how to run trusts s...
I whiwhi ahau i tētahi whakatau, whakataunga whakamutunga rānei…
I received a final decision or determination…
If you wish to appeal against a final decision or determination of the Māori Land Court, you can apply to the Māori Appellate Court to under section 58 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act.
An application to appeal a decision must be submitted within two months of the final decision of the Māori Land Court.