14 Aug 2012
RE TUHOE CHARITABLE TRUST BOARD, TUHOE FISHERIES CHARITABLE TRUST BOARD AND TUHOE-WAIKAREMOANA MAORI TRUST BOARD HC ROT CIV 2012-463-000212
- Citation
- openlaw-836d6921_b260_4228_a55b_82cbee7ec223.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court concluded it has power to approve commencement of a scheme under Part III to amalgamate the three trusts because the trusts' purposes are charitable, the beneficiaries are substantially the same in practical terms, and continuation of separate trusts is inexpedient due to duplication and inefficiency; the 1982 Declaration takes the s24B trust sufficiently outside the Maori Trust Boards Act so the Court can deal with it; accordingly interim approval to commence the approval process was granted and steps ordered (special meeting, advertising, affidavit of outcome), and the schedule to…