1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua June 2020 | Pipiri 2020 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2020.pdf (281 kb)
Land Management Structures Note: This includes management structure types of Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Māori Incorporations, Māori Reservations, and trusts that are a sole owner of a block.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)
Some marae are lucky enough to be supported, at least in part, by ahu whenua land trusts which may make donations, in money or in kind, to keep the marae running.
. • Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust.
Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
. • Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
. • Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
The most common governance entity is the ahu whenua trust, of which there are now over 5,500 in existence.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 10 11:00 AM AP-20260000006900 19/93 Wharepouri Heke Awarua A25 (Awarua A25 Ahu Whenua Trust) – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation Respondents: The Trustees of the Awarua A25 Ahu Whenua Trust SP 11 11:00 AM AP-20260000006901 238/93 Wharepouri Heke Awarua A25 (Awarua A25 Ahu Whenua Trust) – Enforcement of obligatio...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00 AM AP-20260000011359 19(1)(a)/93 Whawhakanga 1B Ahu Whenua Trust Whawhakanga 1B Ahu Whenua Trust - Injunction (heard as a Judicial Conference) SP2 10:00 AM AP-20260000012464 18(1)(a)/93 Whawhakanga 1B Ahu Whenua Trust Whawhakanga 1B – General jurisdiction to hear any claim of trust property (heard as a Judicial Conference)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP8 1:00 PM AP-20260000009569 19(1)(a)/93 Shayna Ormsby, Beneficiaries of the Henare Hull Whānau Trust Paeroa East No 4B No 2E No 3B No 2B block and Henare Hull whānau trust – Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation Respondents: Hurihia Hull ahu whenua trust SP9 1:00 PM AP-20260000007819 19(1)(a)/93 Hurihia Hull Ahu Whenua T...
