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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2020 | Pipiri 2020
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu When...
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2.5 SEARCHING DOCUMENTS – See our user guide on how to Search for Documents on our website.
2.6 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE – Here you can find Trusts, Incorporations, Māori Reservations and others, and
it will show you:
• The overview of the organisation’s management structure
• Members of the trust etc
• Ownership details
• Contact details for the Administrator...
We know that there are thousands of acres of undeveloped Māori land, thousands of acres of Māori land with no governance structures and thousands of small Māori land blocks with hundreds of owners that have governance structures but are struggling and underutilised.
Search by Management Structure
You can use the management structure search option if you know either the organisation name, organisation ID,
organisation type, district, file reference, state or a combination of the options.
and have adopted this ahu whenua/whānau trust structure. Secondly, their refinements to this structure, after many meetings, has created a model which better represents the grassroots “ownership” of the block. 1) The standard structure is the same:
The ahu whenua trustees are the legal “owners” of the block in dealings with third parties and must ensure compliance with the district plan, payment of local body rates etc and are responsible for the block’s services, access...
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152.3975 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,304 1,651 2,088...
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152.3975 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,304 1,651 2,088...
(f) The Occupier shall not make any structural alterations or additions to any
Existing Improvements on the Parent Block, unless approved by the
Landowner(s).
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For help on how to search for a management structure:
You can watch the Search for a management structure video guide or read the Search for a management structure written guide.
