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Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu WhenuaTrusts, WhenuaTōpūTrusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,122 1,510 3,925 88,812.2909 (60%) 59,081.03...
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu WhenuaTrusts, WhenuaTōpūTrusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,136 1,529 3,919 85,686.6001 (62%) 52,443.796...
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu WhenuaTrusts, WhenuaTōpūTrusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,131 1,522 3,926 85,584.7205 (62%) 52,776.89...
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu WhenuaTrusts, WhenuaTōpūTrusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,130 1,525 3,938 85,575.3215 (62%) 52,800.744...
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 whenuatrust, a whānau trust, a whenuatōpūtrust, a pūtea trust, a kaitiakitrust, or an incorporation - key governance skills and capabilities are required.
Use this form to add, reduce, replace or (in exceptional circumstances) remove trustees of a Whānau Trust, KaitiakiTrust,
Ahu WhenuaTrust, WhenuaTōpūTrust, Pūtea Trust or Māori Reservation.
Whenuatōpūtrusts, again a land management trust, which provide for iwi or hapū based
trusts designed to facilitate the use and administration of the land on behalf of a wider class
of owner, normally a whānau, hapū or iwi grouping.
Ā mātou ture
Our rules and legislation
Read about the rules and legislation that the Māori Land Court operates under.
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Read Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
