Amendments to Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 December 2020
Benefits Descendants are involved as owners of the land and exercise their voting rights sooner.
Benefits Descendants are involved as owners of the land and exercise their voting rights sooner.
• Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust. It’s designed to promote the use and administration of the land in the interest of the owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
They are now recognised as representative of Māori owners utilising land for residential purposes in dealings with local authorities and have achieved fairer provision in district plans for the residential development of Māori land.
The project is reaching out to those Māori lands which do not have a trust or other management structure to administer their lands.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Notice-for-Mouri-Turoa-project-23-September-2023.pdf (209 kb)
1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua June 2025 | Hune 2025 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori to provide key statistics on Māori land, including the number and total area of Māori Customary Land (MCL) and Māori Freehold Land (MFL) blocks, and how many of these are managed by trusts or incorporations versus those that are not.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
The introduction of Pātaka Whenua marked the closing of MLIS (Māori Land Information System), the previous Māori Land Court technol- ogy system, which has served the court and land- owners/users since 1999.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
After they confirm who the owners are, the trustees will look at ways the land could be used to generate income and provide benefits for all owners.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 11:15 AM AP-20250000005979 215/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Deputy Registrar He whakatū i te Pitama 107 Trust me te kopou i ngā tarahitī me te tuku i ngā whenua ki a rātou Constitute the Pitama 107 Trust over Allotment 107 Kaiapoi Native Reserve and to appoint Simone Pitama, Thomas Matenga Williams, Tania Kura Ann Cutelli and Ngaki Georgina Pitama as responsible trustees and vest the land in them S...
• Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust. It’s designed to promote the use and administration of the land in the interest of the owners.
Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
• Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust. It’s designed to promote the use and administration of the land in the interest of the owners.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)