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Ngā kupu ture
Legal terms

...owners who are members of the hapū associated with the land trustees of anyone above descendants of any former owner who is or was a member of the hapū associated with the land a person who has been legally adopted under the provisions of the Adoption Act 1955 a person who has been adopted in accordance with Māori customary practise and their status has been approved by the court (whāngai).

Discussion on residential utilisation of multiply owned Māori land

01 Jun 2012  |  News

They have now agreed to put those tensions behind them as it relates to the land (rather than personalities!) and have adopted this ahu whenua/whānau trust structure. Secondly, their refinements to this structure, after many meetings, has created a model which better represents the grassroots “ownership” of the block. 1) The standard structure is the same: The ahu whenua trustees are the legal “owners” of the block in dealings with third parties and must ensure compliance with the dist...

Ngā tohutohu hei rapu i te pūkete kōti i Pātaka Whenua
Guidance to search the court record in Pātaka Whenua

...public record include: will files (original wills with probate orders made by the Māori Land Court) personal files (original grants of administration made by the Māori Land Court or files which deal with personal property in addition to Māori land) adoption files (where an adoption was granted by the Māori Land Court) any document or record that, due to its age and condition, can no longer be safely handled any document or record that has been suppressed by the court.