Incorporations appear to have fallen out of favour and I know of only one that has been formed in the last 20 years. In contrast new ahu whenua trusts for the management of Māori freehold land are regularly set up through the Māori Land Court.
• Ngā pūtea e pupurihia ana e te kaitiaki Māori (he māngai rānei, he kaitiaki 11, kaporeihana Māori) ahu mai i ngā rawa whenua Māori o te tangata mate
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-tereo.pdf (1.2 mb)
Father and son, Phil (left) and Jayden Hokianga, standing on their ancestral whenua managed by Matuaokore Ahu Whenua Trust on Kaitī Hill, near Gisborne.
Use this form to add, reduce, replace or (in exceptional circumstances) remove 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 (220 kb)
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington August 2022 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 15th of June 2022, 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 repo...
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington July 2022 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 11th of May 2022, 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 report...
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington November 2022 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 14th of September 2022, 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...
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington May 2023 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 8th of March 2023, 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 report...
Documents/Panui/May-2023-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (427 kb)
...Kairuru Hemana - Succession to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) - South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Block 33 A20120014544 231/93 Robyn Wallace Section 1 Survey Office Plan 6949 (Claim) - Review of Aitia Ahu Whenua Trust 34 A20220002962 86/93 Deputy Registrar May Collings or May Hutana or Mary Hutana or Maria Hutana - Amendment of Court record 35 A20210013331 113/93,118/9 3,214/93 Tania Jane Hirini, Donna Maria Boot, Johnny Huki...
Documents/Panui/Special-Panui-Te-Waipounamu-April-2023.pdf (209 kb)
Norma Hetaraka, Hirini Tau, Dale Van Engelen and Norma Rameka Te Runanga-A -Iwi-O-Ngapuhi - application referred to the Court pursuant to sections 26C and 237 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 to determine a dispute concerning the interpretation and intent of clause 4.7(b)(i) of Te Runanga-A-Iwi O- Ngapuhi Trust Deed (the Trust Deed) and whether the decision making process was consistent with clauses 26-30 of the Trust Deed.
