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Apply for a fee waiver in Pātaka Whenua  Download the fee waiver application form  Application fees Ngā tono me te kore utu Applications without fees Application for Dispute Resolution Application to form a Whānau Trust (when filed together with succession) An application under the Family Protection Act 1955 An application under the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 Ngā tono $22 $22 applications Changing your name in the Māori Land Court record Not...

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[NAME OF MARAE] Marae Charter 1 Name and location 1.1 The name of the marae is [ ] Marae. 1.2 It is located at [ ]. 1.3 The land on which the marae sits is a Māori Reservation set aside for the purpose of [STATE PURPOSE EXPRESSED WHEN THE RESERVATION WAS MADE]. 2 Purpose 2.1 This charter is made under the Māori Reservation Regulations 1994 to set out clearly the purpose of the marae and the role of the marae trustees in managing and running it. 2.2 The function an...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-12-07-Marae-Charter-Template.pdf (190 kb)

The court record holds information about current and historic ownership of Māori land, including block and trust information, minutes, and orders.

That number will change as life interests terminate, interests are consolidated into trusts, and applications for succession are filed with the Court.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/Aorere-Accretion-determination-of-status-and-ownership-of-land.pdf (890 kb)

Whenua Māori held by a Māori land trust 3. Where the title to the land is vested in a Māori land trust (e.g. an Ahu Whenua Trust or a Whānau Trust) the trustees can approve a mortgage against the land subject to any restrictions in the trust order (ss 147 and 150A of the Act)

Documents/Practice-notes/Banking-Practice-Note.pdf (204 kb)

First Name Surname Shares 1 Turakiora (Original Owner 129) 40 2 Tuha (Original Owner 160) 39.3375 3 Winika (Original Owner 167) 40 4 Mere (Original Owner 45) 38.60625 5 Metapere (Original Owner 53) 40 6 Momoko (Original Owner 55) 38.60625 7 Oketopa (Original Owner 58) 38.6125 8 Rangiriri (Original Owner 127) 40 9 Taki (Original Owner 132) 39.75 10 Te Rehu (Original Owner 126) 40 11 Carol Ann Adams 1.86985 12 William Wayne Jr Adams 1.86985 13 Roderick Samuel...

Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 mb)

This will show you: who the trustees are and when they were appointed when the land trust was formed any historical activities of the trust the trust order or deed.

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However, there are hapū, iwi, and whānau that whakapapa to this land and may have used it for generations.

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    Māori Purposes Act 1991 The Māori Purposes Act 1991 has limited powers extended to the Court in relation to the Wi Pere Trust.    Māori Fisheries Act 2004 The Māori Fisheries Act 2004 enables a Judge of the Māori Land Court to give advice about or determine disputes regarding entitlements.

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SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 18 10:00AM AP-20230000019638 A20160004266 45/93 Louisana Pukuhuia Leaf-Hetaraka (Whangape Queenie Whānau Trust) CJ 2016/26 - Papa Wini Kerei also known as Wini Kerei Parawhau or Winikerei Manukau - and succession orders made at 30 Mercer MB 141 (31 January 1947) - Application to the Chief Judge.

Documents/Panui/1.-Whakamaene-CJ-9-June-2025.pdf (208 kb)