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This practice note has been issued as a guide to assist landowners, lawyers and the banking sector with lending and borrowing against Māori freehold land. The practice note addresses important questions that whānau and professionals working in the sector are grappling with including: How do owners of whenua Māori approve a mortgage?

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 2:00 PM AP-20250000010574 67/93 Nuki o Te Hapu Tahawai ki Rataroa Whānau Trust Pupuke M Lot 1 DP 81424 (Nuki o Te Hapū Tahawai ki Rataroa Whānau Trust) - Determine any claim to recover damages for trespass or any other injury to Māori freehold land. – Judicial Conference SP2 2:00 PM AP-20240000012028 67/93 Bryce Peda Aldridge He whakataunga a te kooti mō tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana nō wai te whare ki runga i a Rataroa Pupuke M Lot 1...

Documents/Panui/4.-Taitokerau-28-July-2026.pdf (131 kb)

Both trust types are land management trusts involving one or more Māori freehold land blocks (and in some cases, general land owned by Māori).

How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)

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.

Documents/Panui/1128623-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-January-2024-web.pdf (3.1 mb)

Māori Land Court Rules 2011 Read the Māori Land Court Rules 2011.

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Under rule 6.6 of the Mäori Land Court Rules 2011, the following applications may have been decided without notice and without formal hearing.

Documents/Panui/FINAL-Panui-November-2023-web.pdf (671 kb)

These are maintained by the local council, or the New Zealand Transport Agency if the roadway is a state highway or motorway. A private Māori roadway on Māori freehold land can only become a public roadway if: there’s enough support from the owners of that roadway for it to become public the local council has agreed in writing to take over and maintain the roadway, and compensation between the owners and council has been agreed and paid.

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  Visit the Te Puni Kōkiri website  Te Tumu Paeroa Office of the Māori Trustee The Māori Trustee is appointed, in many cases, to act as a responsible trustee to manage Māori freehold land and other assets on behalf of the beneficial owners.

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  Visit the Te Puni Kōkiri website  Te Tumu Paeroa Office of the Māori Trustee The Māori Trustee is appointed, in many cases, to act as a responsible trustee to manage Māori freehold land and other assets on behalf of the beneficial owners.

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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.

Documents/Panui/0825522-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-October-2022-web22.pdf (589 kb)