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The benefits of a pūtea trust include:
interests can be pooled together to generate a more stable income and allow greater participation in land ownership and development
you can appoint one or more trustees to manage the interests across multiple blocks of land
the trust becomes the single point of contact for your interests, and
the trust is a legal entity and you can set up a bank account to hold any funds for the beneficiaries.
(e) If the parties cannot agree on a mediator, then one will be appointed by a Judge
of the Māori Land Court in the district where the relevant land is located.
Information about whenua is generally held by the district office that is located closest to that land block. You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (name...
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
February 2024
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of November 2023, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
Te Āhei Atu ki Pātaka Whenua
Hātepe 1
I tō pūtirotiro tukutuku, haere ki te paetukutuku a Te Kooti Whenua Māori
www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz ka pāwhiri i te ripa kākāriki kei te wāhanga matau o runga, arā
ko “Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
2 māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Rapua tētahi kaipupuri whenua mā te whakamahi i te tahua Rapu
Hātepe 2
Ka whakawhānui tēnei i te tahua Rapu, tīpakohia te “Ownership” mai i ngā kōwhiringa e
whakaaturia ana.
For a
full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the
Māori Land Court Rules 2011
SECTION DESCRIPTION
4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve
6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order)
12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found
18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court
18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
October 2025
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 13th of August 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inqu...
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance
with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they
may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
