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.
The challenge is to initiate these meetings so that a defunct ahu whenua trust or incorporation can be reactivated.
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)
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)
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)
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...
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What is certain is that step-by-step we will improve as we realise Pātaka Whenua’s full potential. Until then, we are focus- ing on addressing the applications backlog, and nursing inflight applications through the transi- tion process.
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Provision was made for that in the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, which allowed for whenua tōpu trusts.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:45 AM AP-20240000008269 231/93 244/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Waikouaiti Blk III Sec 41A Ahu Whenua Trust me te whakarerekētanga ki ngā tikanga Review and vary the terms of the Waikouaiti Blk III Sec 41A Ahu Whenua Trust
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 1:00 PM AP-20260000000071 293/93 240/93 Teresa Titi- Tehei Smith He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Tuahu 3X Māori Reservation Replace Here-Turi-Koka Nissen, Rustina Tipoki/Manual and Matthew Bartlett with Hinenui o te ao Angeline Tipoki-Lawton, Shane Tiaki Erana Nissen and Martin Peter Hamilton as responsible trustees of the Tuahu 3X Māori Reservation SP3 1:30 PM AP-20260000006800 AP-202600...
Acknowledgements to Te Puni Kōkiri for the use of their whare TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI - INFORMATION SEMINARS Venue: Te Puni Kōkiri, 9 Ronwood Avenue, Manukau Wednesday 29 July and 30 September 2026 9.30 AM – 11.30 AM ❖ Ownership, Succession and Whānau Trusts Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record Wednesday 26 August and 28 October 2026 9.30 AM – 11.30 AM ❖ Ahu Whenua Trust Set Up and Trust Applications P...
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