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Where the Māori Trustee has been appointed as responsible trustee of a Māori Land Trust, we provide a range of services that support the owners and trustees, including: Administer trusts in accordance with the trust order Convene and facilitate owner hui, also known as meetings of owners Provide reports and information regarding the administration of the trust and the whenua to advisory trustees and owners Identify and undertake work to protect and enhance...

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Use this form to add, reduce, replace or (in exceptional circumstances) remove trustees of a Whānau Trust, Kaitiaki Trust, Ahu Whenua Trust, Whenua Tōpū Trust, Pūtea Trust or Māori Reservation.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (123 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00AM AP-20250000005948 19/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Matapihi 1A3C2A2 block (Matapihi 1A3C2A Ahu Whenua Trust) – Judicial Conference (Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Leighton Faulkner)) SP2 10:00AM AP-20250000005949 240/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Matapih...

Documents/Panui/2.-Waikato-Maniapoto-23-September-2025.pdf (129 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00AM AP-20250000005948 19/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Matapihi 1A3C2A2 block (Matapihi 1A3C2A Ahu Whenua Trust) – Judicial Conference (Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Leighton Faulkner)) SP2 10:00AM AP-20250000005949 240/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Matapih...

Documents/Panui/2-v2.-Waikato-Maniapoto-23-September-2025.pdf (129 kb)

Many urupā are traditional burial grounds, and are the places where whānau and hapū members expect to be buried when their time comes.

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 2 2.00 PM AP-20250000008351 58/93 Ruby Eadie Nielsen Appeal 2025/16 - Mary and Charlie Ashby Whānau Trust and orders appointing replacement trustees made on 10/06/2025 – Notice of Appeal (Respondents: The Trustees of the Mary and Charlie Ashby Whānau Trust) mailto:mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz

Documents/Panui/2.-Appeal-Auckland-10-November-2025.pdf (124 kb)

Absolute interests are not subject to any other restrictions or orders (not in a trust, not a remainder interest or a life interest).

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I te tau 2022, nā runga āno i te wāhi hiki i ngā here o ngā tikanga e ai kī te Protection Framework, i whakatūria e te Kooti ētahi nohoanga motu- hake hei whakanui tahi i ngā kopoutanga a ēnei Kaiwhakawā hou e toru ki ō rātou whānau, ō rātou hoa mahi me ō rātou hoa. He hui hirahira ēnei hui katoa me te haere tawhiti atu o ngā hunga ki ngā nohoanga katoa.

Documents/Articles/Te-Kooti-Whenua-Maori-Purongo-a-tau-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)

SP7 15:00 PM AP-20230000022135 18(1)(a)/93 328/93 Catherine Thomas Wharekauri 1A2 - Determination of ownership of a dwelling and occupation order in favour of Te Puna Aroha Mokopuna Whānau Trust SP8 15:15 PM AP-20250000011258 289/93 Carol Power He wāwāhanga ki te poraka o Otonga 3 Partitioning Otonga 3 SP9 15:15 PM AP-20250000011260 151/93 Deputy Registrar Otonga 3 - Confirmation of resolution of assembled owners SP10 15:15 PM AP-202400000...

Documents/Panui/14.-Te-Waipounamu-15-October-2025.pdf (140 kb)

Succession to Māori land interests can be complex for whānau and for whāngai, and Māori land is often owned by members of different whānau (with different views on whāngai succession).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)