Discussion on Māori Governance
01 Feb 2013 | NewsThe most common governance entity is the ahu whenua trust, of which there are now over 5,500 in existence.
The most common governance entity is the ahu whenua trust, of which there are now over 5,500 in existence.
Since the Act’s inception over 1500 ahu whenua trusts have been created (and only a few terminated).
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Not all of the trustees of the ahu whenua trusts have been contacted and further work is needed in that respect.
. • Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
An obvious corollary to that proposition is, subject to the available resources and infrastructure of the trust to cater for such procedures. For example, one ahu whenua trust has over 8,000 beneficial owners for an area of land less than 200 hectares with income of less than $10,000.00 per annum.
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