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These people can be:
• the owner’s children or direct descendants
• any whanaunga of the owner who, in
accordance with tikanga Māori 9, are
associated with the land
• the other beneficial owners 10 of shares in
the same land who are members of the
hapū associated with that land
• the trustees for any of the people referred
to above
• anyone descended from a former owner
of the land who is, or was, a member of
the hapū associated with that land.
These people can be:
• the owner’s children or direct descendants
• any whanaunga of the owner who, in
accordance with tikanga Māori 9, are
associated with the land
• the other beneficial owners 10 of shares in
the same land who are members of the
hapū associated with that land
• the trustees for any of the people referred
to above
• anyone descended from a former owner
of the land who is, or was, a member of
the hapū associated with that land.
Kaitiaki whenua tōpū
He ritenga kaitiaki ā-iwi 5 ā-hapū 6 rānei.
I whakatūria tēnei hei whakarite hei
whakahaere i ngā tikanga o te whenua hei
painga mō te iwi, mō te hapū hoki.
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Tarati whenua tōpū
Whenua tōpū trust
A whenua tōpū trust is established for land that is for community use or for a hapū or iwi. Whenua tōpū trusts are designed:
to receive former public works land or other community properties that could be used for Māori community use, or
for the benefit of local hapū or iwi and descendants of the origin...
Judge Wara has broad experience in both the Waitangi Tribunal and the Māori Land Court, acting for whānau, hapū and iwi. Judge Wara is also a member of the Waitangi Tribunal.
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.
8.
People who benefit from a reservation
The people who benefit from the reservation
are usually named as members of a hapū 4
or several hapū, or they can be any group
of Māori.
This land is held in accordance with tikanga Māori, and unlike Māori freehold land, and there are no ‘legal owners’ of Māori customary land. However, there are hapū, iwi, and whānau that whakapapa to this land and may have used it for generations.
