During the holiday period, Māori Land Court offices will be closed from 3pm, Wednesday 24 December 2025 and will reopen 10am, Monday 5 January 2026.
A national service for only urgent injunction applications is available Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December. More details can be found here.
Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email at mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
Kei ngā
Ture i muri mai ngā whakamāramatanga mō
tēnei āhuatanga.
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Ngā hea e puritia ana e te pūtea trust/
whānautrust
Mehemea e puritia ana ngā hea ki roto i te
rōpū kaitiaki pūtea, te rōpū kaitiaki whānau
rānei, me whakauru atu ngā ingoa o ngā
trusts 14 ki te rēhita hea, me ngā ingoa
tāngata nō rātou te whenua.
block and a vesting order made at
102 Rotorua MB 332-333 on
5/4/1956 - Application to the Chief
Judge
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A20220010829
45/93 Nathan John Bevin CJ 2022/30 - David Te Au and a
succession order made at 41 South
Island MB 9-10 on 24/2/1965 -
Application to the Chief Judge
AP-20230000027567
A20220011703
45/93 Donna Marie Barnes CJ 2022/31 - Norma Margret
Matenga or Norma Margret Barnes
or Tepara Barnes and a succession
order made at 54 Taupo MB 375-376
on 11/4/1979...
• Whānautrust
This is a whānau-oriented trust. It allows the whānau to
bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit
of the whānau and their descendants
It is also called a trust order.
A trust order sets out the general purpose of the trust and
well as the responsibilities, rights, obligations, and
limitations of the trustees.
The minimum number
of trustees for a reservation is two people (unless the trustee
is a body corporate6, such as a Māori trust board or a Māori
incorporation).
5. A subtribe or kin group that is linked by a common ancestor.
6.
Occupation orders can
now be granted not only to the landowner or any person
entitled to succeed to their interest, but also to beneficiaries
of the whānautrust that holds a beneficial interest in the
land.
Examples of what could be considered ‘simple’ trust matters
include:
• forming a whānautrust for a single owner’s interests or
shares; or
• terminating a kaitiaki trust for a minor when the person
reaches 20 years of age; or
• appointing a trustee to a whānautrust.
Persons who are not allowed to be trustee:
3.8 The following are persons not entitled to act as trustees:
3.8.1
3.8.2
3.8.3
3.8.4
3.8.5
3.8.6
Persons under 18 years of age;
Undischarged bankrupts;
Persons subject to a Compulsory Treatment Order under part 2 of the Mental Health Act 1992;
Persons convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 6 months and whose
sentence has not yet been served;
Persons disqualified as a director of a company registered under th...