This new Act sets out the core principles and default rules for trusts, including trusts created under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
A few things we can offer assistance with are: General enquiries Filing of applications Successions Whānau Trust Ahu Whenua Trusts Māori Reservations Māori Incorporations Partitions Occupations Trustee training on request For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
A few things we can offer assistance with are: General enquiries Filing of applications Successions Whānau Trust Ahu Whenua Trusts Māori Reservations Māori Incorporations Partitions Occupations Trustee training on request For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
Use this form to remove a trustee of a Whānau Trust, Kaitiaki Trust, Ahu Whenua Trust, Whenua Tōpū Trust, Pūtea Trust or Māori Reservation.
Use this form to appoint, remove, or replace trustee or change the number of trustees of a Whānau Trust, Kaitiaki Trust, Ahu Whenua Trust, Whenua Tōpū Trust, Pūtea Trust or Māori Reservation.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (225 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP9 10:00 AM AP-20250000007775 244/93 John Te Maru He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tikanga o te Ngaati Hauaa Tribal Trust - Vary the terms of the Ngaati Hauaa Tribal Trust SP10 10:00 AM AP-20250000007771 239/93 John Te Maru He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Ngaati Hauaa Tribal Trust - Replace Trevor Hotene and Adam Raupita with Tangiwai Manihera- Palmer and Tennille Wharewaka as trustees of the Ngaat...
Documents/Panui/20.-Waikato-Maniapoto-14-August-2025.pdf (123 kb)
Upon mortgagee sale the land remains as Māori freehold land. He aha te mana o te Kooti i raro i te ture Property Law 2007 mō te whenua Māori?
I taua pūrongo hoki rā te kōrero mō te kaupapa hou, mō “Hangaia te Whare” me tana aro atu ki te aronga matawhānui o te Kooti Whenua Māori, arā, kia tu hei Kooti Māori e tawharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
Any benefit derived from the trust are used to fund Māori Community Purposes (mostly charitable) as defined by section 218 of Te Ture Whenua Act 1993.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
The respondents are the trustees of the Hanataua Ahu Whenua Trust. The matter was heard in the Aotea Māori Land Court, by Judge A H C Warren and Dr Ruakere Hond, in Whanganui on 1 and 2 September 2022 in both languages and with the aid of a te reo Māori interpreter.
