Discussion on Māori Governance
01 Feb 2013 | NewsThe most common governance entity is the ahu whenua trust, of which there are now over 5,500 in existence.
The most common governance entity is the ahu whenua trust, of which there are now over 5,500 in existence.
Taitokerau PĀNUI He pānuitanga tenei kia mohiotia ai ka tu Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawa, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Whangarei Māori Land Court, Level 2 16 Rathbone Street, Whangārei 0110 Thursday 21 December 2023 Judge M P Armstrong PĀNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: SP 5 10:00 AM AP-20230000029026 19(1)(a)/93 Tamihana Hone Niha Motatau 2 Section 47B
Not all of the trustees of the ahu whenua trusts have been contacted and further work is needed in that respect.
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.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00AM AP-20250000005948 19/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Matapihi 1A3C2A2 block (Matapihi 1A3C2A Ahu Whenua Trust) – Judicial Conference (Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Leighton Faulkner)) SP2 10:00AM AP-20250000005949 240/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahit...
Documents/Panui/2.-Waikato-Maniapoto-23-September-2025.pdf (129 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00AM AP-20250000005948 19/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner Matapihi 1A3C2A2 block (Matapihi 1A3C2A Ahu Whenua Trust) – Judicial Conference (Injunction against any person in respect of any actual threatened trespass or other injury to any Māori land or Māori Reservation (Respondent: Leighton Faulkner)) SP2 10:00AM AP-20250000005949 240/93 Joey Te Ao Tutahanga Wetea Faulkner He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahit...
Documents/Panui/2-v2.-Waikato-Maniapoto-23-September-2025.pdf (129 kb)
. • Ahu whenua trust This is the most common Māori land trust.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)
An obvious corollary to that proposition is, subject to the available resources and infrastructure of the trust to cater for such procedures. For example, one ahu whenua trust has over 8,000 beneficial owners for an area of land less than 200 hectares with income of less than $10,000.00 per annum.
The Māori Land Court (court) has constituted an ahu whenua trust for the purposes set out in this trust order.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
Contents: Applications for hearing in SEPTEMBER | MAHURU 2022: (Please note that these in person hearings may be substituted for remote hearing by Zoom depending on operating Covid-19 protocols) 2 - 9 Aotea District 9 - 12 Tairäwhiti District 13 - 19 Taitokerau District 20 - 23 Takitimu District 24 - 27 Te Waipounamu District 28 - 33 Waiariki District 34 - 41 Waikato Maniapoto District 42 - 53 Applications filed in the office of the Chief Registrar 54 Appendix 55 - 63 Notices 64...
Documents/Panui/0724622-Ministry-of-Justice-National-Panui-September-20221.pdf (541 kb)