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Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
NAME OF BLOCK(S):
NAME OF TRUST:
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I Te Kooti Whenua Māori o Aotearoa
The Māori Land Court of New Zealand
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Subject of application
APPLICATION:
(State full name) I/We:
_________...
S Overall, an average Māori land block has a size of 53.06ha and 114 owners.
S The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,287,810.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP18 11:15 AM AP-20250000002199 45/93
Stacey Tawhai,
Jessie Tawhai,
James Withers,
Kahurangi
Tawhai, Phillip
Tawhai, Jason
Tawhai, Zivana
Tawhai
CJ 2025/11 - Watene Tawhai and
succession orders made at 89
Opotiki 235-240 on 2/11/2005
SP19 11:30 AM AP-20240000013679 45/93
Wiremu
Rudolph
CJ 2024/89 - Pakinga C1 block -
Hone Rurawhe also known as Jack
Rudolph and a vesting order made at
13 Kaitaia MB 44 on 16/5/1983 -
A...
A
composite title is issued to each house owner, comprising: (a) the freehold share
of the lessee in the whole block and (b) the leasehold interest of the lessee in the
individual site.
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SUBJECT OF APPLICATION - BLOCK / DECEASED / OTHER MATTER:
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Ahu whenua and whenua tōpū trusts are
land management trusts and generally involve whole
blocks of land.
• Kaitiaki trust
A kaitiaki trust relates solely to an individual who is a
minor5 or has a disability6 and is unable to manage their
own affairs.
In some cases there
are hundreds of owners for one block or
title 1. When an owner dies, it is important
to transfer his or her interests to whoever
is entitled to receive those interests.
In some cases there
are hundreds of owners for one block or
title 1. When an owner dies, it is important
to transfer his or her interests to whoever
is entitled to receive those interests.
The Act recognises that blocks of Māori land are generally
owned by people connected to each other and to the land
through kin groups, such as iwi7 and hapū8.
The benefits of an ahu whenua trust include:
a greater opportunity to use the land
trustees can be appointed to administer and manage the block
owners can participate in meetings and decisions about the direction of the trust
the trust becomes the single point of contact for the block, and
the trust is a legal entity and trustees can set up a bank account to hold any funds for the beneficiaries.
