Trustees are empowered to make decisions on behalf of (and with
responsibilities to) all the land’s owners.
• An ahu whenua trust holds and manages the land on behalf of all the registered owners
Use this form when transferring interests in Māori Land by sale or gift between owners in the same block, owners and
their children or owners and any other member of the preferred class of alienee.
A person who has not yet reached the age of 20.
9. Owner(s) of shares of land held within a trust. Beneficiaries are also called the
beneficial owners.
10.
Fee increase summary
Current rate New rate
$22 $23
$66 $68
$220 $228
$385 $399
Detailed fee list
Māori Land Court Current rate (inc
GST)
New rate
(inc GST)
Filing an application in respect of the following:
(a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other
injury to Māori freehold land
(b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt,
demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land
(c) any other de...
Persons bound to deal with property on behalf of the owners or beneficiaries.
The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing them as trustee
for the land is registered against the title.
These rules ensure that the Act’s
kaupapa is met – to promote the retention
of Māori land in the hands of its owners and
their whānau and hapū 4 and to facilitate the
occupation, development, and utilisation of
that land for the benefit of its owners and
their whānau and hapū.
These rules ensure that the Act’s
kaupapa is met – to promote the retention
of Māori land in the hands of its owners and
their whānau and hapū 4 and to facilitate the
occupation, development, and utilisation of
that land for the benefit of its owners and
their whānau and hapū.