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It can be difficult to contact the other owners of your whenua, but you must try to find and contact them to discuss your plans. Permission from trustees or Māori incorporation Māori land is often managed by a trust or incorporation on behalf of the owners or shareholders.

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Trustees who invest trust funds must be prudent when investing and seek expert financial advice. More information To find out more about trusts and trustees' duties, go online to maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/trusts-and- incorporations Or you can visit your local MLC office or attend an offsite clinic.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/20210715-Trustees-Role-and-Duties.pdf (349 kb)

(vii) Additional information – if you find that there is not enough room on the form to provide all the information you need to supply continue your application on a separate sheet of paper.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (510 kb)

Yet we know that a large number of te iwi Māori have yet to discover their own language.

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Pātaka Whenua Our online portal Visit Pātaka Whenua to find information about your whenua, search the court record, or send us an application or enquiry.

Determine the terms of trust The block contains 109.3435 hectares and is situated on Makakahi Road, Ruatiti, Ruapehu District meeting of the owners of the land will be held as follows: PLACE: Waimarino Baptist Church (The Centre),14-16 Seddon Street, Raetihi 4632 DATE: Saturday 7 March 2026 TIME: 10am Please find below the Zoom link for the upcoming meeting.

Documents/Landowner-notices/4.-Aotea-Notice-of-hui.pdf (64 kb)

Māori authorities Visit IRD's website to find out more about becoming a Māori authority.  Kaitakawaenga Māori Speak to a Kaitakawaenga Māori at IRD.

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Ko ngā mahi ka āheitia ko ngā ritenga e pā ana ki ngā mahi hauora, ngā mahi ā-iwi, ngā mahi tikanga ā-iwi, me ngā mahi mātauranga o te iwi Māori.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-land-trusts-tereo.pdf (754 kb)

During her legal career, Judge Thomas represented several iwi and hapū throughout New Zealand on matters relating to the rights of te iwi Māori, and more specifically, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the environment, the land, the sea, tikanga Māori and te reo Māori.

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If a water service provider asks for the landowner’s permission to enter the whenua and there is a disagreement, the provider and landowners go through an internal review process try and find a solution. If the landowner does not take part or the review turns into a dispute, the water service provider can appeal to the Māori Land Court for a decision under section 166(4)(b) of the  Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 .

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