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Management Structures
(Note: This 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 #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,130 1,525 3,938 85,575.3215 (62%) 52,800.7443 (38%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,314 1,695 2...
The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin
groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial
(tribal) boundaries.
WHAKAPAPA
A person’s genealogy, or family tree, linking that person
to a particular family and/or ancestor.
WHĀNAU
Family. Whānau is a wider concept than just immediate
family of parents and siblings – it links people of one
family to a common tipuna or ancestor.
Furthermore, the completion of succession through the Court often represents the
only time the successors and whānau engage with someone who holds qualifications
in the law in relation to their land.
Whānau trusts are related to interests in land, and allow individuals or groups to bring
together their individual interests in different Māori and General Land blocks for the benefit
of a defined class of beneficiary, normally the descendants of the people vesting their shares
in trustees.
The changes affect all trusts,
including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court
(such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing
trusts established before the law came into force.
Application fees
Ngā tono me te kore utu
Applications without fees
Application for Dispute Resolution
Application to form a Whānau Trust (when filed together with succession)
An application under the Family Protection Act 1955
An application under the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949
Ngā tono $23
$23 applications
Changing your name in the Māori Land Court record
Noting of mortgages, leases, licenses or other land use agreements by a registrar
Confirmation of an alie...
