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- 1. 2022 Annual Report
    
    19 Jul
    
    The Trust is pleased to present our annual report for the year ended 31 March 2022. The Trust exceeded $1 million in grants for the first time in five years, and three years into the six-year strategy our finance and grants objectives are on... Read more
    
    Masterton community to benefit from $1.5m
    
    31 May
    
    Community-owned Masterton Trust Lands Trust has announced an historic annual grants budget of $1.5 million for 2022/23. It coincides with the Trust’s 150th year.
    
    The $1.5 million represents the largest amount of money the Trust has ever... Read more
    
    MTLT supports local students to experience Outward Bound
    
    23 Nov
    
    A recent Outward Bound (OB) hosted event in Masterton acknowledged financial supporters and celebrated the achievements of 14 local senior college students. The students successfully completed a high endurance three week course of outdoor... Read more
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Defined by legislation

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Beneficiaries of Masterton Trust Lands Trust grants must live or operate within the boundaries of a largely urban area described as the ‘Trust district’.

This area was originally defined by legislation in 1871 for the purpose of MTLT Trustee elections and has been since been updated as legislation has been amended. The current Act is the Masterton Trust Lands Act 2003.

The Trust district means all the land area:

within the district of the former Borough of Masterton as that district was constituted on 31 March 1989 and;
within the Masterton Small Farm Settlement. This was originally the area of land acquired by the Small Farms Association which was responsible for the settlement of Masterton, and ultimately the emergence

Criteria for beneficiaries of MTLT Scholarships and students is slightly wider to include students who are, or at some time have been, resident within the Trust district.