The traditional Māori tribal hierarchy and social order made up of hapū (kin groups) and whānau (family groups), having a founding ancestor and territorial (tribal) boundaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Ko Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox (nō Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau ā Apanui), te Kaiwhakawā Matua tekau mā whitu o Te Kooti Whenua Māori, ā, ko ia hoki te wahine tuatahi ki te whiwhi i tēnei tūranga.
Whānau trusts are related to interests in land, and allow individuals or groups to bring together their individual interests in different Māori and General Land blocks for the benefit of a defined class of beneficiary, normally the descendants of the people vesting their shares in trustees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
Information, resources and links have been arranged to make it easier for you to find as you begin or continue your whenua and whānau journey. The website is also the gateway to our online portal Pātaka Whenua.
Since the establishment of the Native land Court 1865, we have collected and managed over 23 million documents, all of which are linked in some way to whenua and whānau Māori. Our record holds information about court decisions, and the conversations about how those decisions are made.
Since the passing of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, our role is to: promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners, whānau and hapū facilitate the occupation, development and use of Māori land ensure that decisions made about Māori land are fair and balanced taking into account the needs of all the owners and their beneficiaries.
“Pātaka Whenua also enables a connectedness that has not existed before – whānau living in across the ditch and further afield will have the same access to the court record, a taonga tuku iho, as those who are able to visit us in person today.”
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00AM AP-20230000026602 A20230007403 19/93 Tracy Harrison Harataunga East No 4 Block (Waikoromiko Trust) - Injunction against construction of dwellings (Respondent: Martin Reedy Shultz) SP2 11:00AM AP-20240000002918 19/93 Anne Te Marie Leef Te Puke A, Te Puke B, 60-61 Goldfields Road - Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Tracey Green...
Documents/Panui/16.-Waikato-Maniapoto-Special-24-July-2024-Thames.pdf (154 kb)
Chief Judge Fox is a descendent of Ngāti Porou and Rongowhakaata, with ties to Te Whānau a Apanui. She is the fifth judge to be appointed as Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal, following Chief Judge Kenneth Gillanders Scott, Tā Justice Taihakurei Durie, Tā Justice Joe Williams and Chief Judge Wilson Isaac.
We can help you to set up trusts and incorporations to manage your whenua or hold land interests on behalf of your whānau.
