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Land Management Structures
Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu WhenuaTrusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Māori Reservations,
and trusts that are a sole owner of a block.
Whakapā mai
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Tono tuihono
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Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Other acts and legislation
Our practice notes Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (the Act) sets out the full authority, power and limitations of the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court.
Ā mātou ture
Our rules and legislation
Read about the rules and legislation that the Māori Land Court operates under.
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Read Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua
As people disappear from sight, the land remains Before settlers arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, tangata whenua cared for whenua as kaitiaki, or guardians, as hapū and whānau collectives.
Ko
te rerekētanga, ko te raihana noho whenua
ka whiria ki waenga i te kaipupuri whenua
me ngā kaitiaki. engari me whai mana
anō ngā kaitiaki ki te whakaae kia nōhia te
whenua i raro i tā rātou anō tono.
Before you submit an application to the Court, make sure you have had a kōrero with your whānau. Kaitiakiwhenua (land guardianship) is about the collective and the wellbeing of whenua, whānau and whakapapa.
