Māori incorporations must maintain an interests register to record for each member of the management committee the details of their interest in the Māori land incorporated and their dealings in the interest.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.8E-SEP21-Maori-Incorporations-Factsheet.pdf (370 kb)
When this happens, descendants who do whakapapa to the land are often not entitled to succeed to their land interest or shares until the spouse or partner enters a new relationship, dies or surrenders their interest.
The tupuna can be the owner of the land interests who chooses to place them in the trust, or another person from whom they descend.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust.pdf (512 kb)
Succession is the legal transfer of interests or shares in Māori land from a person who has passed away to the people who are legally entitled to own those interests.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00 AM AP-20250000011046 113/93 118/93 Danielle McQuarrie He tauatanga ki a Errol William McQuarrie Succeed to the Māori land interests of Errol William McQuarrie SP2 10:15 AM AP-20250000011034 113/93 118/93 Lavinia Lanauze He tauatanga ki a Rose Brown Succeed to the Māori land interests of Rose Brown also known as Rose Fraser or Rosita Nadia Fraser TE WAIPOUNAMU PĀNUI Contact Details Office Te Waipouna...
Documents/Panui/14-v2.-Te-Waipounamu-15-October-2025.pdf (145 kb)
It allows the whānau to bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit of the whānau and their descendants.
Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
It allows the whānau to bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit of the whānau and their descendants.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
It allows the whānau to bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit of the whānau and their descendants.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
The Act now clarifies that Māori Land Court judges will follow the tikanga of the hapū or iwi associated with the land being succeeded to when deciding whether whāngai can succeed to a land interest. This means that in some cases whāngai may succeed to land interests as if they were a birth child or grandchild of the person who has passed.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)
Australian lawyers and judges had quite a presence at the Conference. One of the interesting sessions was on alternative dispute resolution.
