Property Managers - Ministry of Justice NZ

If someone is unable to fully manage their property and financial affairs, a property manager can be appointed to look after these things.

If the person’s income or benefit is less than $20,000 a year and none of the property to be managed is worth more than $5000, you can ask the court for an Order to Administer Property.

The person must either:

• be completely or partly unable to understand what the decision is about, or to understand what could happen as a result of a decision about their property
• have these abilities but be totally unable to make decisions (or say what they want) about how their property is to be managed.

When making and carrying out decisions, property managers must:

• support and protect the interests of the person in need of help
• encourage the person to develop and use any skills they have to manage their own property
• talk with the person they are acting for, and other people who are interested in the person's welfare
• regularly talk with any welfare guardian chosen for the person
• follow the terms of any Personal Order made for the person they are acting for.