Management Structures
(Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts , Whenua Tōpū Trusts , Pūtea Trusts , Māori Incorporations, Maori
Reservations and Other trusts )
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,123 1,479 4,178 81,661.3200 (57%) 61,327.6433 (43%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,313 1,740 2,254 97,553.7494 (76%) 30,265.1933 (24%)
Waiariki 2,205 2,497 2...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2023.pdf (186 kb)
Management Structures
(Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts , Whenua Tōpū Trusts , Pūtea Trusts , Māori Incorporations, Maori
Reservations and Other trusts )
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,116 1,475 4,171 81,599.2041 (57%) 61,305.4726 (43%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,309 1,736 2,248 97,535.0542 (76%) 30,266.9625 (24%)
Waiariki 2,202 2,491 2...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2021.pdf (227 kb)
Management Structures
(Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts , Whenua Tōpū Trusts , Pūtea Trusts , Māori Incorporations, Maori
Reservations and Other trusts )
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,116 1,475 4,171 81,599.2041 (57%) 61,305.4726 (43%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,309 1,736 2,248 97,535.0542 (76%) 30,266.9625 (24%)
Waiariki 2,202 2,491 2...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2021.pdf (227 kb)
Management Structures
(Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts , Whenua Tōpū Trusts , Pūtea Trusts , Māori Incorporations, Maori
Reservations and Other trusts )
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,123 1,479 4,178 81,661.3200 (57%) 61,327.6433 (43%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,313 1,740 2,254 97,553.7494 (76%) 30,265.1933 (24%)
Waiariki 2,205 2,497 2...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2022.pdf (186 kb)
Management Structures
(Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts , Whenua Tōpū Trusts , Pūtea Trusts , Māori Incorporations, Maori
Reservations and Other trusts )
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,125 1,487 4,182 81,945.9096 (57%) 61,068.5932 (43%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,315 1,744 2,251 97,621.4046 (76%) 30,218.9985 (24%)
Waiariki 2,216 2,508 2...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2023-05-19-MoJ-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-ver-1.pdf (227 kb)
Management Structures
(Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts , Whenua Tōpū Trusts , Pūtea Trusts , Māori Incorporations, Māori
Reservations and Other trusts )
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,349 1,537 4,135 82,938.3557 (58%) 60,109.3005 (42%)
Waikato-Maniapoto 1,458 1,751 2,246 98,480.5154 (77%) 29,363.0164 (23%)
Waiariki 2,437 2,588 2,81...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2024.pdf (349 kb)
Land Management Structures
Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts , Whenua Tōpū Trusts , Māori Incorporations, Māori Reservations,
and trusts that are a sole owner of a block.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust )
succession orders (names of successors to an estate)
vesting orders (transfers of shares...
Located in:
The court record
Mēnā kāre tētahi
mema e uru atu, ā, kāre āna hea ki te trust ,
me āta aro tonu te trust kia kaua a ia e
whakaingoatia hei kaiwhiwhi 30.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-tereo.pdf (1.2 mb)
Ngā Pānui Mai i Te Whakamāene – Special Applications
The earlier part of the reporting year saw a team focus on progressing new applications to
Court in a timely fashion in conjunction with progressing our oldest on hand applications (being
those applications on the team filed in 2013 or earlier).
Documents/Articles/Te-Kooti-Whenua-Maori-Purongo-a-tau-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
