Robinson - Te Tii A Waitangi Marae (2023) 261 Taitokerau MB 220 (261 TTK 220) [pdf, 367 KB]
...beneficiaries. When doing so, I have to give substantial weight to the views of the beneficiaries as demonstrated by the outcome of an election.21 This is further reinforced when appointing trustees to marae which are at the centre of political and cultural expression for whānau, hapū and iwi. [48] There would have to be exceptional and urgent circumstances to require the appointment of a trustee who had not been endorsed in some way at a meeting of beneficiaries. Those circum...