The titles remain separate, but there is only one common ownership list for all aggregated land (refer to section 308 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993). 5. An administrative structure similar to a company for managing Māori land vested in it by the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
ORGANISATION A group of one or more persons - includes trust, service provider, management structure, business, Government Department or Council, etc.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
On this page Māori Land Update Block and trust information Māori Incorporation Register Māori Land Update Our Māori Land Update is released annually and provides: the number of customary and freehold titles of Māori land the number and types of management structures and the size of the land they are responsible for managing.
This detailed history shows the power and importance of whakapapa to the Māori worldview.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
The lease has to be approved by the trustees of a trust, the committee of management of a Māori Incorporation, or by the owners (where there is no administration structure) in the same way that they approve a mortgage as set out above. 20.
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.
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...
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 1,088 1,459 3,940 88,704.9389 (60%) 59,204.1327 (40%) Waikato Maniapoto 1,293 1,613 2,11...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 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 1,088 1,459 3,940 88,704.9389 (60%) 59,204.1327 (40%) Waikato Maniapoto 1,293 1,613 2,11...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
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.
