SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP28 10:10 AM AP-20260000000207 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Pukekohatu 7B Ahu Whenua Trust Review of the Pukekohatu 7B Ahu Whenua trust SP29 10:10 AM AP-20260000000266 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Kaitangata 12E Trust Review of the Kaitangata 12E Trust SP30 10:10 AM AP-20260000000269 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Parihaka 22B Trust Review of the Parihaka 22B Trust S...
Fee increase summary Current rate New rate $22 $23 $66 $68 $220 $228 $385 $399 Detailed fee list Māori Land Court Current rate (inc GST) New rate (inc GST) Filing an application in respect of the following: (a) hearing and determining any claim to recover damages from trespass or any other injury to Māori freehold land (b) hearing and determining any proceeding founded on contract or tort where debt, demand, or damage relates to Māori freehold land (c) any other de...
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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP25 12:30 PM AP-20240000007226 239/93 Marilyn Miller Hoe O Tainui North 2B2 & Hoe O Tainui 2B1A2B2 Trust – Replace Cora Nahu and Billy Pompey and appoint Patricia Hauraki, Cassandra Randall-Waetford and Tracy Nahu as responsible trustees WA TINA – 1:00 PM SP26 2:00 PM AP-20250000008781 67/93 Trustees of Te Kawaunui Trust Te Kawaunui Trust - Judicial conference (seek directions) NB: The court may convene a hearing to make...
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Whenua Māori held by a Māori land trust 3. Where the title to the land is vested in a Māori land trust (e.g. an Ahu Whenua Trust or a Whānau Trust) the trustees can approve a mortgage against the land subject to any restrictions in the trust order (ss 147 and 150A of the Act)
This is the case for the largest and most successful trusts and incorporations, such as the Tuaropaki Trust and Mangatu Incorporation, right down to the smallest papakainga trusts.
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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 3 11.30PM AP-20250000007250 215/93 219/93 Te Whetu Marama Morrell He whakatū i te Whānau Morera Ahu Whenua Trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī me te tuku i ngā pānga whenua ki a rātou Constitute the Te Whānau Morera Ahu Whenua Trust over Paeroa 1E14 (Urupa) SP 4 12.00PM AP-20250000004697 AP-20250000004708 AP-20250000006309 AP-20250000004711 43/93 231/93 238/93 241/93 Raiha Allen Leo Watson (Counsel) Opoutam...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP14 12:30 PM AP-20240000009743 239/93 338(7)/93 Kiri Tonga, Orael Joy Frearson, Orael Joy Frearson (Te Wharewahia & Te Kahui Farm) He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Opuatia Marae Trust Judicial Conference (Replace Aaron Tonga, Orael Frearson and Hoani Bason with Kerry Ngataki and Lucy Tonga as responsible trustees of the Opuatia Marae Trust) SP15 12:30 PM AP-20240000009747 239/93 Kiri Tonga, Orael Joy Frearson,...
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With shares held by individuals becoming increasingly fractionated but shares held in whānau trusts being relatively stable, I foresee a time when these whānau trusts will be major shareholders in trusts and incorporations.
How to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust Read the guide here on how to constitute an ahu whenua trust or whenua tōpū trust.
It is also called a trust order. A trust order sets out the general purpose of the trust and well as the responsibilities, rights, obligations, and limitations of the trustees.
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