Pātaka Whenua will be unavailable for an upcoming maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Friday, 27 February, from 5:30pm - Saturday, 28 February, 8:00pm.
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
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...
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.
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.
On this page
Māori Land Update
Block and trust information
Māori Incorporation Register Māori Land Update
Our Māori Land Update is released annually and provides:
the number of customary and freehold titles of Māori land
the number and types of management structures and the size of the land they are responsible for managing.
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.
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.