Amendments to Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 December 2020
Before 6 February 2021 A beneficiary of a whānau trust is not able to apply for an occupation order to use trust land for housing purposes.
Before 6 February 2021 A beneficiary of a whānau trust is not able to apply for an occupation order to use trust land for housing purposes.
Examples of what could be considered ‘simple’ trust matters include: • forming a whānau trust for a single owner’s interests or shares; or • terminating a kaitiaki trust for a minor when the person reaches 20 years of age; or • appointing a trustee to a whānau trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
Contents: Applications for hearing in NOVEMBER | WHIRINGA-Ä-RANGI 2022: (Please note that these in person hearings may be substituted for remote hearing by Zoom depending on operating Covid-19 protocols) 2 - 9 Aotea District 10 - 15 Tairäwhiti District 16 - 27 Taitokerau District 28 - 32 Takitimu District 33 - 39 Te Waipounamu District 40 - 48 Waiariki District 49 - 62 Waikato Maniapoto District 63 - 74 Applications filed in the office of the Chief Registrar 75 Appendix 76...
Documents/Panui/1002422-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-November-2022-web22.pdf (633 kb)
‘Mandatory’ duties must be performed by the trustee and cannot be changed or avoided by the terms of the trust (the trust order).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
This is the essence of a whānau trust. In that sense whakapapa and land rights are restored to the close relationship that they once had.
The Māori Land Court would like to ac- knowledge that the changes have caused disrup- tion to the work of the Court leading to a poor experience for landowners, whānau, applicants, and other users of the Court’s services.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
Awaiting Administrative Action A20200007414 11/08/2020 An application for special aid in respect of Taukihepa (Titi Island) section 45 application (A20160004868) - Application by appellant for reasonable lawyers fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (John Colston and Marion Dallas Whanau Trust) 98(3)/93 John Colston and Marion Dallas Whanau Trust 5.
The region which experienced the first really rapid changes as a result of the work of the Native Land Court was Hawke’s Bay.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Awaiting Administrative Action A20200007414 11/08/2020 An application for special aid in respect of Taukihepa (Titi Island) section 45 application (A20160004868) - Application by appellant for reasonable lawyers fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (John Colston and Marion Dallas Whanau Trust) 98(3)/93 John Colston and Marion Dallas Whanau Trust 1.
AP-20240000010703 239/93 Elliot Micheal Fuimaono He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tikanga o te Kaneihana Wairemana Whānau Trust Replace Taimua Fuimaono with Geoffrey Wayne Fuimaono, Kenneth Mark Fuimaono, Matiu Lance Fuimaono and Hoani Eugene Fuimaono as responsible trustees of the Kaneihana Wairemana Whānau Trust 63.
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-June-2025.pdf (2.8 mb)