māorilandcourt.govt.nz TIP: under the ‘Document Type’, you can find the National Pānui. Search by Management Structure You can use the management structure search option if you know either the organisation name, organisation ID, organisation type, district, file reference, state or a combination of the options.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)
In turn, the execution of decision-making relies on the collective interaction of the governance structure in place, the farm supervisor and/or consultant, the farm manager and the farm staff.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
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 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152.3975 (40%) Waikato Maniapoto 1,304 1,651 2,088...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2015.pdf (213 kb)
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 1,095 1,492 3,918 88,814.9986 (60%) 59,152.3975 (40%) Waikato Maniapoto 1,304 1,651 2,088...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2015.pdf (213 kb)
We know that there are thousands of acres of undeveloped Māori land, thousands of acres of Māori land with no governance structures and thousands of small Māori land blocks with hundreds of owners that have governance structures but are struggling and underutilised.
This includes the number and types of management structures and the area they are responsible for managing.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)
Read the Search for a management structure guide for help to search by management structure.
Māori incorporations are designed to manage whole blocks of land and are the most commercial of all Māori land management structures.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
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.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
