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Tarati ahuwhenuaAhuWhenuatrust
An ahuwhenuatrust enables collective guardianship of one or more land blocks on behalf of landowners.
Awaiting Hearing or Outcome
A20160001527 12/02/2016 CJ 2016/3 - Te Kumi A 29 & Ors - and an order vesting interests in AhuWhenua Trustees made at 79 Waikato MB 31 dated 17 January 1996 and an order creating a trust at 130 Otorohanga MB 66 dated 26
March 2007 - Application to the Chief Judge
45/93 Ritihia Tairawhiti Totorewa 1.
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Te Kooti Whenua Māori Information Seminars
Venue: 1 Trading Place, Henderson, Auckland
Dates: Tuesday 9 June 2026 | Tuesday 14 July 2023
10:00 AM - Succession and whānau trusts
1:00 PM - Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record
Dates: Tuesday 23 June 2026 | Tuesday 28 July 2026
10:00 AM - AhuWhenuatrust set up and trust applications
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I te tīmatanga ka pānuitia te tono ki te rohe kei
reira nā te whenua, engari mēnā ka tonoa anō
e te kaituku tono, kāhore hoki he tangata e
whakahē ana, ka nukuhia ki te Kooti Whenua
Māori e pātata atu ana ki te kaituku tono.
Whakapapa is crucial to succession for Māori because it underpins connections to whānau, tribal
groups and whenua. A primary function of succession for Māori is to maintain whakapapa connections
to their whenua (land), whānau(family), tupuna (ancestors) and atua (gods).
51 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt to Map the Māori Dimension in Modern New Zealand Law” (2013)
21 Waikato L Rev 1 at 4.
52 Joseph Williams “Lex Aotearoa: An Heroic Attempt...
