The reforms enacted in the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 retained this basic structure but further entrenched the role of local authorities by extinguishing the right of other entities, such as trusts, to open new public cemeteries.
1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua July 2014 | Hōngongoi 2014 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land. Trusts (Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, inclu...
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1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua July 2014 | Hōngongoi 2014 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land. Trusts (Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, inclu...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
In contrast new ahu whenua trusts for the management of Māori freehold land are regularly set up through the Māori Land Court.
The project is reaching out to those Māori lands which do not have a trust or other management structure to administer their lands.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Notice-for-Mouri-Turoa-project-23-September-2023.pdf (209 kb)
See excluded land types on following page. Land management structure details Other statistics S Blocks with a land management structure have an average size of 108.55 ha and average 211 beneficial owners.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
An ahu whenua trust: holds the trustees legally responsible for the management of the land, and uses a Māori Land Court-approved trust order, which sets out the rights and responsibilities of the trustees and beneficial owners.
Whilst information about individual committee of management members is held by the Court, those names and contact information have been withheld in accordance with the public register privacy principles of the Privacy Act 1993.
• You should also have time to read and check the submission prepared by your case manager. 1. A claim or liability attached to property, for example a lease, a mortgage or a charge. 2.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)
The beneficiaries are called the beneficial owners. 11. An administrative structure similar to a company for managing Māori land vested in it by the Māori Land Court. 12.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
