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)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners
19/93 Application for inju...
...Whānau trust
Replace Leigh O’Carroll with Tupaia
Cooksley and Bianca Aldridge as
responsible trustees of the Matereina
Edwards Whānau trust
TE ROHE O AOTEA
TE ROHE O AOTEA
NATIONAL PĀNUI December | Tīhema 2025 12
At New Plymouth | Knox Church, 17 Grey Street, Waitara, Taranaki
Thursday, 4 December 2025
Judge A H C Warren presiding
Applications to be heard
PĀNUI
NO.
The aim is to make the law easier to understand.
What has changed?
The new Trusts Act 2019 represents the first major reform of trust
law in New Zealand for 70 years.
Apply online
Download the application form Amalgamation
An amalgamation merges Māori land blocks together to create a new block with common ownership. Much like a partition, an amalgamated block is dependent on:
agreement or sufficient degree of support from the owners
the value of each land block and the shares (before amalgamation)
the value of the new land block (after amalgamation)
access arrangements to the new land block, and
new shareholding, based o...
