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...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2015.pdf (213 kb)
Whenua Māori held by a Māori land trust 3. Where the title to the land is vested in a Māori land trust (e.g. an Ahu Whenua Trust or a Whānau Trust) the trustees can approve a mortgage against the land subject to any restrictions in the trust order (ss 147 and 150A of the Act)
APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: AP-20230000023350 A20230005463 98(9)(aa)/93 40/93 Rohario Murray Awarua 2C13C2B and others trust - Application for payment from Mäori Land Court Special Aid Fund for reasonable fees and expenses for report writer (service provider - Rohario Murray) AP-20230000033522 70(3)/93, 98(9)(c)93 Tane Lawless Lake Taupo Forest Trust – Application for payment from Mäori Land Court Special Aid Fund for a barrister/solicit...
Documents/Panui/1128623-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-January-2024-web.pdf (3.1 mb)
The Māori Land Court ("Court") has constituted a whānau trust for the purposes set out in this Trust Order (“Order”).
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
(state full name), apply to the Court to constitute a whānau trust in respect of: tick as appropriate all my/our land interests the land interests listed in the schedule hereto Details of proposed whānau trust: 1.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (110 kb)
In contrast new ahu whenua trusts for the management of Māori freehold land are regularly set up through the Māori Land Court.
Owner(s) of shares of land held within a trust. Beneficiaries are also called the beneficial owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
The drafters of the Act clearly understood the dynamics of Māori land and Māori land owners. Accordingly, under the Act the engaged owners presently make decisions about their land through the legal structures of trusts and incorporations.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Māori Customary Land Titles: Rohe # Area (ha) Taitokerau 5 38.5573 Waikato Maniapoto 13 48.2919 Waiariki 1 8.0937 Tairāwhiti 1 1.6313 Tākitimu 1 0.2124 Aotea 15 659.1240 Te Waipounamu 0 0.000 Total 36 755.9106 Māori Freehold Land Titles: Rohe # Area (ha) Taitokerau 5,423 147,820.3901 Waikato Maniapoto 3,733 124,124.8520 Waiariki 5,124 306,179.4959 Tairāwhiti 5,349 270,280.5522 Tākitimu 1,365 87,956.71...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2016.pdf (467 kb)
