• Whānau trust This is a whānau-oriented trust. It allows the whānau to bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit of the whānau and their descendants.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
Share registers The Māori incorporation is required to establish a share register, an official record of the shareholders.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
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.
• Whānau trust This is a whānau-oriented trust. It allows the whānau to bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit of the whānau and their descendants
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
The changes affect all trusts, including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court (such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing trusts established before the law came into force.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
Since 1 July 1993, shares in a Māori incorporation are deemed to be interests in Māori land and unless there’s an exemption, they’re treated the same as Māori land interests. Whānau trusts A whānau trust can be set up at the time of succession.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
If those entitled do wish to vest the deceased’s interests into a whānau trust please complete and attach application form 23.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (371 kb)
Many urupā are traditional burial grounds, and are the places where whānau and hapū members expect to be buried when their time comes.
Chief Judge Dr Caren Fox and Pae Matua Steve Gunson Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report • Matariki 2024 – Matariki 20254 Connecting to whānau and whenua The Māori Land Court is New Zealand’s oldest and longest-established specialist court, distinguished as the world’s only indigenous land court.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
This was during the run up to the hand back of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China, and our job was to establish and administer trust structures to receive the assets of wealthy Chinese prior to their migration to either Canada or Australia.
