3. Aotea Notice to owners
The Establishment of an Ahu Whenua Trust; 2. Elect Responsible Trustee(s) 3.
Documents/Landowner-notices/3.-Aotea-Notice-to-owners.pdf (233 kb)
The Establishment of an Ahu Whenua Trust; 2. Elect Responsible Trustee(s) 3.
Documents/Landowner-notices/3.-Aotea-Notice-to-owners.pdf (233 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
In contrast new ahu whenua trusts for the management of Māori freehold land are regularly set up through the Māori Land Court.
Father and son, Phil (left) and Jayden Hokianga, standing on their ancestral whenua managed by Matuaokore Ahu Whenua Trust on Kaitī Hill, near Gisborne.
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.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington January 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of November 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inquiry or...
The challenge is to initiate these meetings so that a defunct ahu whenua trust or incorporation can be reactivated.
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. Trust records include those created under previous legislation, in particular those that resulted from applications under section 438 and 439 of the Māori Affairs Act 1953, which were the pre-cursors to the current Ahu Whenua Trust structure.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 1 10:30 AM AP-20250000006748 315(1)(b)/93 Rose Dudley Te Konoti B4A3B2B - Create an easement for a roadway SP 2 10:30 AM AP-20250000006830 240/93 Rose Dudley Te Konoti B4A3B2B Ahu Whenua Trust - Removal of Taukiri Dudley, Mathew Dudley, Bella Samuels & Flo Faith Samuels as responsible trustees of Te Konoti B4A3B2B Ahu Whenua Trust.