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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:45 AM AP-20250000014097 29/93
113/93
455/1998
Marguertta
Speck
Henrietta Stewart - Succession to
Toitoi Block (Crown LandBlock VIII
Lords River Survey District) – South
Island Landless Natives (SILNA)
Block
SP2 10:45 AM AP-20250000013182 29/93
113/93
455/1998
Lynda James Ellen Isabella Hamilton - Succession
to Toitoi Block (Crown LandBlock
VIII Lords River Survey District) –...
This model for the utilisation of multiply-owned Māori land had its origins in Taitokerau in 1989 where, under s 438 of the Māori Affairs Act 1953, a block was vested in a trust with exclusive use areas identified in a schedule to the trust order for whānau shareholding groups.
Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori LandTrust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori LandTrust);
Ownership Only (own...
Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori LandTrust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori LandTrust);
Ownership Only (own...
We get a small amount of dividend payments each year and a tax return has to be prepared. Our trust order requires the trust to be reviewed every five years by the Māori Land Court.
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152.3975 (4...
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152.3975 (4...
KAWA
The ceremonies performed to align with Tikanga, for
example, Pōwhiri, Karakia and Waiata.
LANDBLOCK
Any land that has its own title:
• Māori Customary Land
• Māori Freehold Land
• General Land held by Māori
• General Land
• Crown Land
• Crown Land reserved for Māori
LAND LOCKED BLOCKBlock of land that does not have any legal access.
Trusts / Incorporations
(Note: # Trusts = Total Number of Trusts, # Blks with Trusts = Total Number of blocks with a trust, # Blks no Trusts = Total Number of
blocks with no trusts, Area vested(ha) = Total hectares vested in a trust and Area not vested(ha) = Total hectares not vested in any trust)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)...