How to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust
An ahu whenua trust is the most common Māori land trust.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
Search results for "Application for Review of an Ahu Whenua Trust"
35. Te Waipounamu 11 June 2026
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP8 11:15 AM AP-20240000004366 239/93 Māori Trustee Bruce Bay Block X & XI Sections 853, 854 & 855B Trust - Replace Dorothy Fraser and Paul Wilson as trustees and appoint Melanie Catherine Wilson, Jane Rout and Susan Dawn Fraser as advisory trustees SP9 11:15 AM AP-20240000004392 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Bruce Bay Sec 788 Block VII Ahu whenua trust...
Banking Practice Note
Where the title to the land is vested in a Māori land trust (e.g. an Ahu Whenua Trust or a Whānau Trust) the trustees can approve a mortgage against the land subject to any restrictions in the trust order (ss 147 and 150A of the Act)
6. Aotea Notice of Hui
NOTICE CONCERNING A LEASE OF MĀORI LAND Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Section 173 In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District TAKE NOTICE that Hamish Blackburn and Carla Ngawara Blackburn has made application to the Māori Land Court at Whanganui for a meeting of Rangiwaea No. 4F No. 4B seeking: 1.
Documents/Landowner-notices/6.-Aotea-Notice-of-Hui.pdf (256 kb)
Discussion on the (now completed) Māori Freehold Land Registration Project
01 Feb 2012 | NewsThe challenge is to initiate these meetings so that a defunct ahu whenua trust or incorporation can be reactivated.
39. Waiariki 14 October 2026
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP9 11:15 AM AP-20260000008329 67/93 Shayna Ormsby He arotakenga i te Hurihia Hull Ahu Whenua Trust Review of the Hurihia Hull Ahu Whenua Trust SP10 11:15 AM AP-20260000006154 67/93 Shayna Ormsby He whakaū i ngā takohanga o te tarata Enforcing the obligations of trust for Hurihia Hull ahu whenua trust SP11 11:15 AM AP-20260000007140 67/93 Te...
Factsheet for landowners Trustee Act
The changes affect all trusts, including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court (such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing trusts established before the law came into force.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
MLC 2017 03 03 RDS Report
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)
MLC 150 years of the Maori Land Court
Papahoro ana ngā pari tahataha o taku whenua kura Tērā te pōkeao ka riakina. Ko te pou herenga tangata, ko te pou herenga whenua, ko te pou whare kōrero – ka tūwhera Te Kooti!
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
21. Waikato Maniapoto 15 July 2026
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 2:30 PM AP-20230000027251 351/93 Deputy Registrar Maukoro Reserve (B1B2 & B1C2) A block and Maukoro Reserve (B1B2 & B1C2) B4 block - Review of trusts SP3 2:30 PM AP-20230000031396 351/93 Deputy Registrar Maukoro Reserve B1B1 Block - Review of trust that was constituted under s438 of the Māori Affairs Act 1953 SP4 2:30 PM AP-20260000004429 239/93 Maxwell Everitt Williams He wha...
Documents/Panui/21.-Waikato-Maniapoto-15-July-2026.pdf (128 kb)