The process for constituting an ahu whenua or whenua tōpū trust is similar. Both trust types are land management trusts involving one or more Māori freehold land blocks (and in some cases, general land owned by Māori).
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
Māori Land Court user survey | Te uiuinga kiritaki o Te Kooti Whenua Māori Recently we completed the �rst Māori Land Court User Survey.
Documents/Misc/MLC-User-Survey-2025-Infographic-V5-Te-Reo-Headings.pdf (372 kb)
Section 218 of Te Ture Whēnua Māori Act 1993 contains a list of Māori community purposes to which income from the whānau trust may be applied if provision is made in the trust order.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (159 kb)
That Court then ordered the Māori Land Court to conduct a hearing to appoint replacement trustees.
This standard syntax style is used by the Māori Land Court to locate its historical minute books.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 19/93 Appl...
The Māori Land Court (court) has constituted an ahu whenua trust for the purposes set out in this trust order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/9...
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-August-2025-Edition.pdf (2 mb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 57 11:35 AM AP-20260000004144 241/93 Joseph Hohepa Williams He whakamutunga atu i te Teko Teko Hakopa Williams (Wiremu) Whānau Trust Termination of the Teko Teko Hakopa Williams (Wiremu) Whānau Trust Applications for Succession, Whānau Trust or Kaitiaki Trust to be heard in other Court Districts The following applications affecting land in this district will be heard under rule 5.2 of the Mā...
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-September-2026-National-Panui.pdf (2.8 mb)
First, they have had tensions over many years, which have been the consequence of a long-term trust over multiply-owned Māori land, which have had to be heard in the High Court.
