Appendix 3: Establishment of the Māori Education Trust

The Māori Education Trust was established on 21 June 1993 by Deed of Trust between John Bennett and 7 trustees. The trustees applied to be incorporated as a board under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 on that date. The application was made with the authority of the Māori Education Foundation as at that time it had been agreed that the Foundation would be abolished. The trustees were incorporated as a board on 29 June 1993.

Māori Education Foundation Act 1961

The former Māori Education Foundation was a statutory body established by the Māori Education Foundation Act 1961. The Foundation’s general purpose was to promote and encourage the better education of Māori and to provide financial assistance for that purpose.

The Foundation was primarily staffed by Ministry (and formerly Department of Education) officers.

Māori Education Foundation (Abolition) Act 1993

The Māori Education Foundation (Abolition) Act authorised the Governor-General, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Education, to—

(a) Recognise as the successor to the Foundation any trustees incorporated as a Board under Part 2 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957; and

(b) Appoint a day for the abolition of the Foundation and the vesting of its assets and liabilities in the successor trust.

Māori Education Foundation (Recognition of Successor) Order 1993

The Māori Education Foundation (Recognition of Successor) Order 1993 (SR 1993/263) recognised the Māori Education Trust as the successor to the Māori Education Foundation, and made 1 October 1993 the appointed day for the abolition of the Foundation and the vesting of its assets and liabilities in the Māori Education Trust.