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Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of managementstructure, 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 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152.3975 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,304 1,651 2,088...
Trusts
(Note: The term trusts includes all types of managementstructure, 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 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152.3975 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,304 1,651 2,088...
This tells us that we have many Māori in various governance roles, in various governance structures, performing at various levels. Approximately 42 per cent of Māori land is not under any governance entity.
Often this was at the request of the owners,
who wanted to have their land split up into
smaller sections so it could be better managed
for farming, or divided into house sites, marae
reserves and so on.
(k) Landowner(s): [insert the names of the owners of the Parent Block or
the name of the existing managementstructure (in the case of a trust, name the
current trustees, followed by “as trustees of the [name of trust]”)]
(l) Maximum Occupants: [Twelve (12)] people.
and have adopted this ahu whenua/whānau trust structure. Secondly, their refinements to this structure, after many meetings, has created a model which better represents the grassroots “ownership” of the block. 1) The standard structure is the same:
The ahu whenua trustees are the legal “owners” of the block in dealings with third parties and must ensure compliance with the district plan, payment of local body rates etc and are responsible for the block’s services, access...
The 1882 statute brought all land used for burial – except urupā – under a common legal structure irrespective of how the land had come to be set aside.
