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Partitions
Amalgamation
Aggregations
Subdivision Before applying to change or divide your land, you must have the backing and agreement of the other owners and shareholders or trustees. You'll need to have a conversation with the other owners, shareholders, and trustees to discuss your plans.
These changes include making it easier for landowners to establish Māori incorporations,
and provisions for removing a trustee or a member of a committee of management of an
incorporation have been updated.
The order will be written up in the Court title records if it
affects land, and sent to every person who has to act on it,
for example, to the Māori trustee if they’ve been ordered to
pay money they’re holding, or a Māori incorporation5 if the
order affects shares in that incorporation.
The members of the trust or 'trustees' are appointed to make decisions that protect the whenua and benefit all landowners, also known as 'beneficiaries' of the trust.
Te Kooti Whenua Māori has directed that a hui-a-owners takes place for the sole purpose of an Election of Trustees, for each of the following Māori Reservations.
A few things we can offer assistance with are:
General enquiries
Filing of applications
Successions
Whānau Trust
Ahu Whenua Trusts
Māori Reservations
Māori Incorporations
Partitions
Occupations
Trustee training on request
For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
A few things we can offer assistance with are:
General enquiries
Filing of applications
Successions
Whānau Trust
Ahu Whenua Trusts
Māori Reservations
Māori Incorporations
Partitions
Occupations
Trustee training on request
For further information or to make a booking please contact the office on (03) 962 4900 or mlctewaipounamu@justice.govt.nz
The Māori Land Court is notifying all beneficiaries of the above Te Koau Lands Trust about the following hui:
Whenua: Karikarirau, Huruaute, Te Kaha No 31, Te Koau 1 and Te Koau 2
Date: Saturday, 30 May 2026
Time: 9.30 AM
Venue: Te Kaha Beach Hotel, 3 Hotel Road Te Kaha
Zoom: 851 0825 3828 Passcode: 024235
Kaupapa:
Elect new (5) trustees
Consider proposal for an occupation order
For further information please contact adrienne....
A key feature of the proceedings was the duties of trustees under tikanga. The treatment of this approach allowed tikanga to speak in its own context and not to be exclusively defined by a western legal construct.
