MANDATORY DUTIES OF A TRUSTEE These duties are not optional.4 They must be performed by a trustee and cannot be modified or excluded by the terms of the trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)
Owners must meet to decide who the initial trustees will be and what their responsibilities will be under a trust order.
(e) If the parties cannot agree on a mediator, then one will be appointed by a Judge of the Māori Land Court in the district where the relevant land is located.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)
That sale cannot proceed unless the owners give to the preferred classes of alienees a right of first refusal.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Otaraoa-B3-Notice-to-Preferred-Class.pdf (195 kb)
That sale cannot proceed unless the owners give to the preferred classes of alienees a right of first refusal.
Documents/Panui/Otaraoa-B3-Notice-to-Preferred-Class.pdf (195 kb)
TRANSFERRING SHARES TO TRUSTEES Māori land shares can be transferred, by a vesting order, to a trustee from a person who owns, or is entitled to own, Māori land shares.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
Where a minority trustee disagrees with the majority who have approved a mortgage, the minority trustee can: (a) Record their dissent in writing before the mortgage is registered.
The beneficial owners will also need to nominate the trustees who are to be responsible for the urupā reservation once it is created.
The challenge is to initiate these meetings so that a defunct ahu whenua trust or incorporation can be reactivated.
Transferring shares to trustees Māori land shares can be transferred, by a vesting order, to a trustee from a person who owns, or is entitled to own, Māori land shares.
Uploads/MLC-transferring-maori-land-shares-english.pdf (333 kb)
