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Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,130 1,525 3,938 85,575.3215 (62%) 52,800.7443 (38%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,314 1,695 2...
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,130 1,525 3,938 85,575.3215 (62%) 52,800.7443 (38%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,314 1,695 2...
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,088 1,459 3,940 88,704.9389 (60%) 59,204.1327 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,293 1,613 2,115 95,537....
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,088 1,459 3,940 88,704.9389 (60%) 59,204.1327 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,293 1,613 2,115 95,537....
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An index of past and present judicial officers of
the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court
1 May 2018
Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947
Judge Date appointed
John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864
Matikikuha 25 June 1864
Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864
Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864
George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 October 1864
P...
Tikanga has also been described as a set of behaviour guidelines for
22 Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi Tribunal Manukau Report (Wai 8, 1995) at 67.
23 Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi Tribunal Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on claims concerning
the allocation of radio frequencies (Wai 26, 1990) at 237.
24 Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi Tribunal Muriwhenua Fishing Report (Wai 22, 1988) at 195.
25 Te Rōpū Whak...
Where a grant of letters of administration 19
or probate 20 has been issued, the executor 21
may apply directly to the Māori incorporation
to transfer the deceased’s shares to the
successors 22.
For more information about succession,
please refer to Succession, available from
Māori Land Court offices.
Where a grant of letters of administration 19
or probate 20 has been issued, the executor 21
may apply directly to the Māori incorporation
to transfer the deceased’s shares to the
successors 22.
For more information about succession,
please refer to Succession, available from
Māori Land Court offices.
Where there was no will, the
surviving spouse was usually entitled to
receive non-Māori land assets, including
Māori incorporation shares.
21 Person(s) who benefit from a trust or estate.
22 One who makes a will.
23 A person appointed to carry out certain
duties under the last will of a deceased
person.
