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  External link Succession (factsheet)  (PDF 355 kb) Te whakatū i tētahi tarahiti, kaporeihana whenua rānei Set up a trust or incorporation Find out how to set up a whānau trust.

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The Māori Land Court ("Court") has constituted a whānau trust for the purposes set out in this Trust Order (“Order”).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Template-Comprehensive-Whanau-Trust-Order-Final-Version-30-June-2020.pdf (237 kb)

In contrast new ahu whenua trusts for the management of Māori freehold land are regularly set up through the Māori Land Court.

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The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.

Documents/Panui/1105523-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-December-2023-web.pdf (985 kb)

Simple and uncontested trust applications Before 6 February 2021 Trust applications are decided by a Māori Land Court judge.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Amendments-to-Te-Ture-Whenua-Maori-Act-1993-December-2020.pdf (891 kb)

The reforms enacted in the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 retained this basic structure but further entrenched the role of local authorities by extinguishing the right of other entities, such as trusts, to open new public cemeteries. The only exception under the 1964 Act is for religious groups, who are still entitled to apply to the Minister of Health for permission to set up burial grounds on private land for the exclusive burial of their members.

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Minute books also recorded succession to interests that were subject to consolidation up until final allocation of new titles was made.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)

However, it is possible to make application to the Court to have an area excluded from a reservation pursuant to section 338(5), and then to set up an ahu whenua trust in relation to the excluded area with the object of allowing housing development to take place.

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 23 11:05 AM AP-20240000005931 215/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Dean Ranginui He whakatū i te Atene Ahu whenua trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī me te tuku i ngā whenua ki a rātou Constitute the Atene Ahu whenua trust over Tauakira 2N2B1 block and to appoint Sherilyn Shane Ranginui, Tawake Matenga Goff and Dean Ranginui as trustees and vest the land in them 24 11:15 AM AP-20250000008435 239/93 Pani-Awhina Lawson He wha...

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026.pdf (2.5 mb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT 8 11:20 AM AP-20250000004573 239/93 Adrian Taylor He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Ngahina Trust Replace Kura Marie Taylor (Teira) with Hinehou Waitangi Timutimu, Erina Denise Taylor and Antony Hari Jackson as responsible trustees of the Ngahina Trust 9 11:35 AM AP-20240000008516 239/93 Tracey Wairaka Waho-Blayney He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō te Ihaia Taueki Trust Replace Alan Harvey Tukapua with C...

Documents/Panui/Panui-National-January-2026.pdf (2.2 mb)