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If you’re not sure which application form to complete, you can find more information about different types of applications in our Whenua section.

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Trustee responsibilities can include: researching options for the whenua on behalf of owners attending regular trustee meetings to discuss and debate plans for the trust communicating with owners and organising hui for owners or trustees to discuss plans for the whenua visiting the whenua regularly to check on the wellbeing of the land, and working with people involved in the whenua or trust, such as a lessee, accountant, or management team.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

They may also call an owner hui where, if necessary, trustees will be replaced or elected.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

Currently, the land is effectively held in trust until the owners can receive the land. There are 308 original owners.

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A summary of any disagreement between the owners (if any) or any objections received to the decisions made.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

I attach the new Practice Note for your records and advise that you may also find a copy on the new Māori Land Court website.

Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)

Land management structure details Other statistics S Blocks with a land management structure have an average size of 108.55 ha and average 211 beneficial owners. S Blocks without a land management structure have an average size of 12.88 ha and average 41 owners.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

A Māori incorporation is a structure similar to a company and any land or assets are vested in the Incorporation. Former land owners become shareholders in the Incorporation rather than owners in the land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

Using type, district, or state without a name will find over 500 search results. Step 4 Once you have entered your search criteria, click “Search”.

How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-management-structure-v1-7.pdf (2.1 mb)

APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: A20230003684 113/93, 118/93 Rahora Elianna Grant Ada Fotu also known as Ada Kereopa or Ada Grant or Ada Wilson and Ada Ann Wilson - Succession A20230003965 164/93 Ben Waaka Ahipara A3A2 - Transfer of shares by way of gift from Ben Waaka to Samuel Evan Ruke and Tracy Charlotte Maree Ruke A20230004004 113/93, 118/93, 214/93 Joseph Xsaviour Kopani Witika-Pongi Ane Taniora Witika – Succession, constitute the Ane Taniora Witika’s Whanau Trus...

Documents/Panui/0323323-Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-May-2023-PROOF.pdf (823 kb)