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...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2020.pdf (281 kb)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blocks with
Structures
Area with
structures (ha)
# Blocks
without
Structures
Area without
structures (ha)
Taitokerau 1,152 1,499 84,383.3834 (61%) 4,084 54,820.5056 (39%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,273 1,698 96,332.9114 (77%) 2,165 29,377.1078 (23%)
Waiariki 2,156 2,456 290,865.6680 (94%) 2,801 17,771.0417 (6%)
Tairāwhiti 1,393 1,845 239,550.8687 (85%) 3,610 41,332.8604 (15%)
Tākitimu 542 653 73,612.3493 (84%) 813 14,538.8091 (16%)
Aotea 1,227 2,198...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
Ngā paearu mahi ā-motu
By
District
Aotea
907 (18%)
Waikato-Maniapoto
754 (15%)
Waiariki
1,427 (27%)
Te Waipounamu
382 (7%)
Tairāwhiti
480 (9%)
Tākitimu
299 (6%)
Taitokerau
959 (18%)
Aotea
Waikato-Maniapoto
Waiariki
Te Waipounamu
256 (9%)
Tairāwhiti
Tākitimu
141 (5%)
Taitokerau
267 (9%)
By
District
913 (32%)
411 (14%)
327 (11%)
566 (20%)
Aotea
1,730 (14%)
Waikato-Maniapoto
2,004 (17%)
Waiariki
Te Waipounamu
1,183 (10%)
Tairāwhiti
798 (7%)
Tākitimu
8...
Documents/Articles/MLC-Purongo-a-tau-te-reo-printer-version.pdf (16 mb)
Māori Customary Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5 38.5573
Waikato Maniapoto 13 48.2919
Waiariki 3 9.1580
Tairāwhiti 2 14.1413
Tākitimu 1 0.2124
Aotea 16 666.4083
Te Waipounamu 0 -
Total 40 776.7692
Māori Freehold Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5464 145,686.8561
Waikato Maniapoto 3821 125,642.7569
Waiariki 5200 313,964.3235
Tairāwhiti 5295 262,335.5152
Tākitimu 1...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2012.pdf (132 kb)
Māori Customary Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5 38.5573
Waikato Maniapoto 13 48.2919
Waiariki 3 9.1580
Tairāwhiti 2 14.1413
Tākitimu 1 0.2124
Aotea 16 666.4083
Te Waipounamu 0 ‐
Total 40 776.7692
Māori Freehold Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5404 146,482.3721
Waikato Maniapoto 3824 125,644.4945
Waiariki 5192 314,147.0195
Tairāwhiti 5298 26...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2013.pdf (149 kb)
Māori Customary Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5 38.5573
Waikato Maniapoto 13 48.2919
Waiariki 3 9.1580
Tairāwhiti 2 14.1413
Tākitimu 1 0.2124
Aotea 16 666.4083
Te Waipounamu 0 -
Total 40 776.7692
Māori Freehold Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5464 145,686.8561
Waikato Maniapoto 3821 125,642.7569
Waiariki 5200 313,964.3235
Tairāwhiti 5295 262,335.5152
Tākitimu 1...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2012.pdf (132 kb)
Māori Customary Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5 38.5573
Waikato Maniapoto 13 48.2919
Waiariki 3 9.1580
Tairāwhiti 2 14.1413
Tākitimu 1 0.2124
Aotea 16 666.4083
Te Waipounamu 0 ‐
Total 40 776.7692
Māori Freehold Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5404 146,482.3721
Waikato Maniapoto 3824 125,644.4945
Waiariki 5192 314,147.0195
Tairāwhiti 5298 26...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2013.pdf (149 kb)
...Abbreviation
Adoption ADPWA
Current Minute Book Series (2010-):
Minute Book Abbreviation
Waiariki WAR
TAIRĀWHITI DISTRICT
Historical Minute Book Series:
Minute Book Abbreviation
Chief Judge CJTA
Conference CONF
Conference Tairawhiti CONFTA
East Coast Commissioners A/CS
Maori Land and Appellate Courts
ECCOM
East Coast Investigations EC
Gisborne GIS
Gisborne Appellate APGS
Hori Wanoa Whakapapa WKHO
Hurakia HUCM
Mangatu No 1 – Typed minutes
referred...
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
Since his appointment in 1993, Judge Isaac
has sat as one of the resident Māori Land Court
judges in Tairāwhiti . He will continue to do so,
having obtained an acting judicial warrant follow-
ing the conclusion of his term as Chief Judge.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
Māori Customary Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5 38.5573
Waikato Maniapoto 12 48.2919
Waiariki 2 8.9030
Tairāwhiti 2 14.1413
Tākitimu 1 0.2124
Aotea 15 659.1240
Te Waipounamu 1 1.9600
Total 38 771.1899
Māori Freehold Land Titles:
Rohe # Area (ha)
Taitokerau 5,394 147,870.5143
Waikato Maniapoto 3,716 124,225.9531
Waiariki 5,098 305,896.2257
Tairāwhiti 5,341 268,506.5352
Tākitimu 1,357 87,914....
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
