Standard Ahu Whenua Trust Order with Checklist and Disclaimer
This trust order is drafted to allow the trustees to purchase land, but not to sell it. That is because most Māori trusts focus on retaining land.
This trust order is drafted to allow the trustees to purchase land, but not to sell it. That is because most Māori trusts focus on retaining land.
SUCCESSION Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (362 kb)
Selling Māori land to pay debts The Act does not allow estate trustees to sell Māori land for the purpose of settlement of the deceased’s debts.
Selling Māori land to pay debts The Act does not allow estate trustees to sell Māori land for the purpose of settlement of the deceased’s debts.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
GENERAL LAND OWNED BY MĀORI General land is a land which is owned by a Māori or by a group of people majority of whom are Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
Oliver Bailey Kairēhita Tuarua/Deputy Registrar Aotea Māori Land Court
Documents/Landowner-notices/NOTICE-OF-HUI-OF-DESCENDANTS-OF-MARY-NAERA.pdf (135 kb)
You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
Two types of Māori land are defined - Māori freehold land and Māori customary land.
How do owners of whenua Māori approve a mortgage? Whenua Māori held by a Māori land trust 3.
MĀORI RESERVATIONS Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)