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. • Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust.

Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)

. • Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)

The process for constituting an ahu whenua or whenua tōpū trust is similar. Both trust types are land management trusts involving one or more Māori freehold land blocks (and in some cases, general land owned by Māori).

How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP22 10:00 AM AP-20260000002993 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Otautu 5C Ahu Whenua Trust Review of the Otautu 5C Ahu Whenua Trust SP23 10:05 AM AP-20260000003636 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Motukawa 2B9B Trust Review of the Motukawa 2B9B Trust SP24 10:10 AM AP-20260000008011 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Ngatimanuhiakai 10B Trust...

Documents/Panui/31.-Aotea-16-September-2026.pdf (164 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP5 12:10 PM AP-20260000000432 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Ngatitu 14A Ahu Whenua Trust Review of the Ngatitu 14A Ahu Whenua Trust SP6 12:10 PM AP-20260000005144 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Ngatitara 17 Trust Review of the Ngatitara 17 Trust SP7 12:10 PM AP-20260000000431 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Ngatimanuhiakai 8B Trust Review of the Ngat...

Documents/Panui/26.-Aotea-7-October-2026.pdf (149 kb)

We get a small amount of dividend payments each year and a tax return has to be prepared. Our trust order requires the trust to be reviewed every five years by the Māori Land Court.

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There are two application types you can file under section 214 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and rule 12.3 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 to form a whānau trust.

How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)

Section 218 of Te Ture Whēnua Māori Act 1993 contains a list of Māori community purposes to which income from the whānau trust may be applied if provision is made in the trust order.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (159 kb)

SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP28 10:10 AM AP-20260000000207 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Pukekohatu 7B Ahu Whenua Trust Review of the Pukekohatu 7B Ahu Whenua trust SP29 10:10 AM AP-20260000000266 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Kaitangata 12E Trust Review of the Kaitangata 12E Trust SP30 10:10 AM AP-20260000000269 231/93 Māori Trustee He arotakenga i te Parihaka 22B Trust Review of the Parihaka...

Documents/Panui/13.-Aotea-7-August-2026.pdf (149 kb)

In your application you’ll need to provide: written consents of the trustees written consents of the beneficiaries evidence of a properly notified meeting(s) held to terminate the trust, and a schedule of land to be removed from the trust and to who those shares will be transferred If you apply to terminate a trust which was set up under section 132(6) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act (Māori customary land being managed by another Māori land trust...

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