Amendments to Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 December 2020
Simple and uncontested trust applications Before 6 February 2021 Trust applications are decided by a Māori Land Court judge.
Simple and uncontested trust applications Before 6 February 2021 Trust applications are decided by a Māori Land Court judge.
PÄNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 64 A20220007298 113A/93, 235A/93, 118/93, 214/93 Mary Esther Thomas Moses Dunn - Succession and Constitute a Whänau Trust 65 A20220003164 113A/93, 118/93 Tania Pehi Lemuel Mahanga also known as Lemuel Crete Mahanga - Succession 66 A20220007270 235A/93, 241/93 Cindy Mary Farrington Tyrone Nuku Murray Kaitiaki Trust, Shayne Chyrstle Mere Murray Kaitiaki Trust, Santana Mariah May Murray Kaitiaki Trust...
Documents/Panui/0703522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-August-20221.pdf (538 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.
The Registrar may, on receiving your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing before a judge.
Documents/Panui/0526122-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-July-2022-web1.pdf (493 kb)
Whenua Māori held by a Māori land trust 3. Where the title to the land is vested in a Māori land trust (e.g. an Ahu Whenua Trust or a Whānau Trust) the trustees can approve a mortgage against the land subject to any restrictions in the trust order (ss 147 and 150A of the Act)
The Registrar may, on receiving your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing before a judge.
Documents/Panui/0825522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-October-2022-web22.pdf (589 kb)
The Māori Land Court ("Court") has constituted a whānau trust for the purposes set out in this Trust Order (“Order”).
TIKANGA MĀORI Having indicated earlier that tikanga Māori cannot be reduced to writing and thereby set in concrete by legislation, I have set out below a number of tikanga that most tohunga (Māori experts in matters Māori) would agree exist and should be applied.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
The Registrar may, on receiving your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing before a judge.
Documents/Panui/0323323-Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-May-2023-PROOF.pdf (823 kb)
The Registrar may, on receiving your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing before a judge.
Documents/Panui/0108423-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-March-2023-FINAL1.pdf (714 kb)