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Where the Māori Trustee has been appointed as responsible trustee of a Māori Land Trust, we provide a range of services that support the owners and trustees, including:
Administer trusts in accordance with the trust order
Convene and facilitate owner hui, also known as meetings of owners
Provide reports and information regarding the administration of the trust and the whenua to advisory trustees and owners
Identify and undertake work to protect and enhance the wh...
Where the Māori Trustee has been appointed as responsible trustee of a Māori Land Trust, we provide a range of services that support the owners and trustees, including:
Administer trusts in accordance with the trust order
Convene and facilitate owner hui, also known as meetings of owners
Provide reports and information regarding the administration of the trust and the whenua to advisory trustees and owners
Identify and undertake work to protect and enhance the wh...
A list of recent Māori Land Updates can be downloaded as follows:
Document
Date
Māori Land Update 2024
23/09/2024
Māori Land Update 2023
19/05/2023
Māori Land Update 2022
16/07/2022
Māori Land Update 2021
09/02/2022
Māori Land Update 2020
09/02/2021
Māori Land Update 2019
27/08/2019
Māori Land Update 2018
30/06/2018
Māori Land Update 2017
30/06/2017
Māori Land Update 2016
30/06/2016
Māori Land Update 2015
30/06/2015
Māori Land Update 2014
30/06/2014
Māo...
Today, there is around 1.47 million hectares of freehold land, about six percent of all land in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Whenua Māori tuku iho
Māori customary land
Before the arrival of settlers, all land in Aotearoa was Māori customary land.
In the meantime, it is the duty
of our Courts to ensure compliance by government with its treaty obligations.
KO AOTEAROA TENEI
In July 2011, the Waitangi Tribunal issued a report entitled Ko Aotearoa Tēnei ('This is Aotearoa' or
'This is New Zealand') in response to the Wai 262 claim.
Ritenga kaitiaki whānau, ritenga
kaitiaki pūtea
Mehemea nō te ritenga kaitiaki whānau
ngā hea, ka whakamātauria ngā trusts kia
karangatia te hui pooti hea. Engari mehemea
nō te ritenga kaitiaki pūtea ngā hea, ka
whakamātauria ngā trusts hei te wā hui,
engari kei ngā tāngata tuku hea te mana
pooti, kāore i ngā trusts.
With shares held by individuals becoming increasingly fractionated but shares held in whānau trusts being relatively stable, I foresee a time when these whānau trusts will be major shareholders in trusts and incorporations.
