If you require assistance, please contact your local Māori Land Court office. CHECKLIST The purpose of this checklist is to provide a reference to the terms within this draft trust order which require further consideration by the owners.
When the land has many owners, it’s important that the costs are shared fairly among everyone.
You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
1 māorilandcourt.co.nz A whānau trust combines some or all the Māori land interests of an owner or owners into a single trust, to be held on behalf of their whānau.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
Based in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton Kylee specialises in Māori land and Resource Management matters. She has extensive expertise in facilitation and dispute resolution involving Ahu Whenua Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Whānau Trusts, and Beneficial Owners of Māori Land across Aotearoa.
This trust will hold the land for the beneficial owners, hapū, iwi, or Whenua Tōpū trust.
Trustee responsibilities can include: researching options for the whenua on behalf of owners attending regular trustee meetings to discuss and debate plans for the trust communicating with owners and organising hui for owners or trustees to discuss plans for the whenua visiting the whenua regularly to check on the wellbeing of the land, and working with people involved in the whenua or trust, such as a lessee, accountant, or management team.
The block is within the Aotea Māori Land Court district. That sale cannot proceed unless the owners give to the preferred classes of alienees a right of first refusal.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Hiatangi-2B2-notice.pdf (120 kb)
Any member of the preferred class of alienees who wishes to be considered by the owners as a prospective purchaser of the land must give written notice of his or her intention to pursue the right of refusal at the hearing of the application.
Documents/Landowner-notices/1.-Matarikoriko-No.-7B2A-Notice-to-PCA.pdf (84 kb)
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui: Whenua: Section 61B Block IV Waitara S.D (Wairoa Block) Date: Sunday, 15 February 2026 Time: 2:00 PM Venue: Whai Community Centre 17 Princess Street Waitara 4320 Kaupapa: Future Utilisation of Land The Establishment of an Ahu Whenua Trust; Elect Responsible Trustee(s) Elect Advisory Trustee(s); and Determine the terms of trust e.g Te Tumu Paeroa’s standard Ahu...
