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Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts,
Māori Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe # Trusts # Blks with
Trusts
# Blks
no Trusts
Area vested(ha) Area not vested(ha)
Taitokerau 1,088 1,459 3,940 88,704.9389 (60%) 59,204.1327 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,293 1,613 2,115 95,537....
On 23 March 2020, Chief Judge Isaac released a protocol advising that all scheduled Māori Land Court hearings and other events would be adjourned, to be rescheduled once we ceased to be at Level 4. 2 Any applications for urgent injunctive or other relief filed with the Court during this period were directed to the Chief Judge to address. A significant number of applications were adjourned during this period - in April alone approximately 500 cases were notified in the National Pānui, a...
In some instances this is because the land has only one or just a few owners, or because the land is unsuitable for any form of development and owners have decided to leave it in its natural state. However, a number of blocks of Māori land held in multiple ownership that are suitable for development are also without any governance entity.
The idea was that an individual or a whānau could consolidate their shares across a large area and in a large number of blocks with many owners, down into a particular piece of land that they would call their own.
Conflicts of interest arise in a number of different situations. Judges should be alert to
any appearance of bias arising out of connections with litigants, witnesses or their legal
advisors, and should always inform the parties of facts that might reasonably give rise to
a perception of bias or conflict of interest.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTIO...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the
appropriate application number at:
Physical address: Postal address:
L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203
WELLINGTON WELLINGTON
Phone: 04 914 3102
Fax: 04 914 3100
Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz
STEVEN DODD
Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
2
APPLICATION NO:
SECTIO...
A shareholder will own a certain number of shares in an incorporation.
Ngā kaiwhaipānga
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries are the people who benefit from any development(s) from a trust or block of land.
