Use this form to create an Ahu Whenua Trust (a land trust) by vesting one or more land blocks in trustees to manage, as set out in a trust deed/order on behalf of the beneficial owner(s).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (256 kb)
Records may be separated by type of trust, and in some cases the records of particular types of trusts may be on the personal/personalty files.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
The enclosed terms of trust are an example of a COMPREHENSIVE trust order which you may use for your Ahu Whenua or Whenua Tōpū trust.
It was a reciprocation of both positive and negative deeds from one person to another. Utu was a means of seeking, maintaining and restoring harmony and balance in Māori society and relationships.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust We have started working with Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust, formed by Ngāi Takoto, Te Apōuri, and Te Rarawa, on developing a joint action plan.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
Its 183 kaimahi are spread across seven District Offices and two Information Offices across the motu. They deliver a comprehensive range of services promot- ing the retention, use, and development of Māori land as a taonga tuku iho by Māori landowners, their whanau and hapu, and their descendants.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
Governance entities In the context in which I work, we have a range of governance entities, from trusts to incorporations, but no matter what the governance structure is - whether it is an ahu whenua trust, a whānau trust, a whenua tōpū trust, a pūtea trust, a kaitiaki trust, or an incorporation - key governance skills and capabilities are required.
Ngā puka taupānga me te puka Tarahiti Succession and Trust application forms External link Form 20: Certificate by administrator Rule 10.2(3), Sections 111 or 113 (PDF 85 kb) External link Form 21: Succession (grant of administration) Rule 10.2(2)(a), Sections 113 and 117 (PDF 865 kb) External link Form 22: Succession (no grant of administration) Rule 10.2(1),(2), Sections 113 and 118 (PDF 617 kb) External link Form 23: Application for whāna...
Trustees may be held personally liable, jointly and severally, for any losses a trust may sustain and for other breaches of trust.
Legislative history The Law Commission’s report notes that the first comprehensive burial law was passed in 1882. The 1882 statute brought all land used for burial – except urupā – under a common legal structure irrespective of how the land had come to be set aside.
