How to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust
Hold a whānau hui Call a hui with the owners of the block(s) to be included in the trust.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
Hold a whānau hui Call a hui with the owners of the block(s) to be included in the trust.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
If the family of a deceased person wants to set up a whānau trust, they should obtain a copy. Māori Trust Office The Māori Trust Office administers many Māori land blocks and distributes money to the owners.
If the family of a deceased person wants to set up a whānau trust, they should obtain a copy. Māori Trust Office The Māori Trust Office administers many Māori land blocks and distributes money to the owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
Me pēhea te tikiake i tētahi List of Current Owners Report How to download a List of Current Owners Report Read the List of Current Owners Report guide for help downloading the List of Current Owners Report in Pātaka Whenua.
Whenua Māori held by the owners 12. Where the title to whenua Māori is held directly by the owners (i.e. there is no administration structure such as a trust or incorporation in place over the land) a mortgage has to be approved by every owner on the title (ss 147 and 150C of the Act).
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 67 1:00 PM AP-20260000002248 239/93 Deputy Registrar He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Tokaanu Township No.21 Trust Replace Adrian David Williams with Turoa Karatea as responsible trustee of the Tokaanu Township No.21 Trust Applications for Succession, Whānau Trust or Kaitiaki Trust to be heard in other Court Districts The following applications affecting land in this district will be heard under rule 5...
Documents/Panui/May-2026-National-Panui-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (2.8 mb)
The finalised list includes 348 owners. That number will change as life interests terminate, interests are consolidated into trusts, and applications for succession are filed with the Court.
Court means the Māori Land Court or Māori Appellate Court. 8 Trust Property means property listed as Trust Property at the time the Trust was created and any further property which may in the future be acquired by the Trustees from any source for the purposes of the Trust.
Exactly what sort of interests in the land did the people listed in the memorial of title actually have? They were not exactly legal owners, nor were they exactly customary owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
She has extensive expertise in facilitation and dispute resolution involving Ahu Whenua Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Whānau Trusts, and Beneficial Owners of Māori Land across Aotearoa.