Secondly, their refinements to this structure, after many meetings, has created a model which better represents the grassroots “ownership” of the block. 1) The standard structure is the same:
The ahu whenua trustees are the legal “owners” of the block in dealings with third parties and must ensure compliance with the district plan, payment of local body rates etc and are responsible for the block’s services, access etc.
We at the Māori Land Court continually encourage people wanting to be trustees to seek training and development to make themselves better governors, in the knowledge that good Māori governance is essential for New Zealand’s economic, political and social development. Kia Ora. 1 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Māori Agribusiness in New Zealand: A study of the Māori Freehold Land Resource, March 2011; and Te Puni Kokiri, Ko ngā Tūmanako o ngā Tāngata Whai Whenua Māori – O...
So it was not uncommon on this project to have a block with an appellation such as this: Waerenga East No 2 B, Waerenga East No 1, Section 7 block 5 Rotoiti Survey District, Maungaroa Kaharoa No 12 block (Amalgamated) Lot C.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 18 12:30 PM AP-20240000009565 239/93
338(7)/93
Waina Lee
Henare
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Oruawharo A4A
Māori Reservation –
Replace Georgina Dora Connelly
and Ngahihi O Te Ra Woodcock
with Candice Maheno Moka and Te
Manawanui George Brown as
responsible trustees of the
Oruawharo A4A Māori Reservation
WĀ TĪNA – 1:00 PM ki 2:00 PM
SP 19 2:00 PM AP-20230000020228
A20220014044
215/93 Ralph
Fa’amalepe
Mataraua B...
I roto i te tekau mā
rua marama kua hipa e haere tonu ana te tūranga
nui o te Kooti i te whakahaere me te whakamaru-
maru o ngā pānga whenua Māori huri noa i
Aotearoa, e aro ake ana ki ngā whakaarotau matua
e toru:
1. Te whakanikoniko i ngā ratonga matihiko
2. Te whakapai ake i te tukanga puka tono me te
tatūtanga pakirehua
3.
Pukeroa Oruawhata, Rotoiti 15, Te Manawa o Tūhoe, Rotomā No 1, Paehinahina Mourea, Pouakani, Te Pūtahitanga o Ngā Ara, Ruawāhia 2B, Maraeroa, Haumingi, Tiki Te Kohu, Kāpenga, Mokoia.
So we are dealing with multiple owners averaging 85 owners per title – the lowest 10% averaging 1 owner to each title, and the highest 10%, averaging 629 owners in each title.
For these reasons the Court will facilitate an application for an urupā reservation but will also make sure that the owners and trustees have also considered these difficult but not uncommon issues. 1 Otene – Tauhara Māori Reservation (1977) 58 Taupo MB 168 (58 TPO 168); Trustees of Waipahihi Reserve - Waipahihi Māori Reservation (1978) 59 Taupo MB 184 (59 TPO 184); and Pihema v Ngāti Whatua of Orakei Māori Trust Board – Section 722,790,792,793 and 794 Town of Orakei Blocks IX...
Ka āhei anō te kaitiaki ki te rihaina i te wā e
hiahia ana a ia, ā, mā te Kooti Whenua Māori
rānei a ia e whakamutu mēnā ka rangona
1 He whenua ehara nō Māori, ehara nō te
Karauna.
2 Ko te Kuini tonu te rangatira whai mana o
Aotearoa hei tā te Karauna.
