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30 June 2025 | News
He uiuinga whānui mā ngā kaiwhakamahi o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2025
Māori Land Court User Survey 2025
We want to hear about your experiences engaging with the court and your views on the service we have provided.
30 June 2025 | News
Ngā rerekētanga ki ā mātou utu mō Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Changes to Māori Land Court fees
Māori Land Court fees are increasing from 1 July 2025.
16 June 2025 | News
Māori Governance Video Toolkit
Videos designed to...
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Raiha Allen
Leo Watson
(Counsel)
Opoutama Māori Reserve Sections
51 and 52 – Rehearing of application
A20180004480 Opoutama Māori
Reserve Sections 51 and 52 –
Constitute an ahu whenua trust and
appoint Willie Smith, Gina Hansen,
Nellicia Hammond and Stuart Smith
as trustees
He Arotakenga i te Hapi Smith Ahu
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You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust)
succession orders (names of successors to an estate)
vesting orders (transfers of shares in Māo...
(ii) Will - the original or a copy certified as a true copy by a solicitor or Trustee Company must be supplied. Where a copy is produced the Court may still
require production of the original.
(ii) Will - the original or a copy certified as a true copy by a solicitor or Trustee Company must be supplied where
the Grant of Administration does not contain a copy.
Ngā mahi a ngā tiaki whenua
Kei te herea ngā tiaki whenua ki te ’ture’ arā
ki te ture Trustee Act 1956.
Ko ā rātou tino mahi, he whakanui ake i
ngā taonga pūtea, me te whakaiti iho i ngā
herenga utu o te tiaki whenua.
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Transferring land to a member of the PCA
Transferring land to someone who is not a member of the PCA
Transferring shares in an incorporation There are a variety of reasons a person might gift or sell their land, including:
The interests are required to allow for housing or a dwelling
To help divide land for partition between owners
To encourage and mentor active engagement of younger landowners
A trustee holding interests or shares may want to transfer them to a person...
Steven Dodd - Kairēhita Matua
Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiwewehi Steve first began work in the Maori Affairs Department in July 1984 working Māori Trustee and then the Land Development division before becoming an Alienation Officer in 1989.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tāpaetanga
moni ka whakatauhia kia mutu mēnā ka moe
anō te pouaru.
19 Te whakapapa, kāwai heke, e hono ai taua
tangata ki te whānau, tipuna rānei.
20 He kaitiaki – trustee or guardian.
21 He tamaiti whāngai Māori, ānō nei he
tamaiti whānau tonu, engari kāore i
whakamanahia te whāngai i rō kooti.
22 Ko ngā kaiwhiwhi rawa mai i te trust.
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Hei whakarāpopoto, ko ngā whenua Māori
me ngā hea kaporeihana Māori, ka āhei
anake te waiho ki:
• Ngā tamariki...