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Any owner or interested person may use this form to apply to the Court to call or direct the Registrar to call a meeting
of assembled owners for any Māori Freehold land or General Land owned by Māori to consider 1 or more resolutions for
those matters set out in section 172 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (attached as a schedule to this form)
Office use:
Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: ..............................................................
The working list of potential owners has been updated through applications to substitute
deceased owners on the list. Succession applications are ongoing.
People on this list have been determined to be entitled successors to the original
beneficiaries of the land.
It does not include information about
Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
It does not include information about
Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
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Upcoming trustee training
Current trustee training roster We offer online training to help trustees better understand their duties and legal obligations, and how to run trusts successfully. You can attend a session if you are a newly appointed trustee, if you are thinking about becoming a trustee, or if you would like to refresh your knowledge.
We will help you to:
appoint a mediator
confirm a suitable date and venue for the mediation hui
Attend the mediation hui
At the mediation hui, the mediator will facilitate kōrero and wānanga between the parties about the dispute and guide them to come up with their own workable solutions. Generally, when you arrive the mediator will welcome the parties and explain the process for mediation, including any tikanga practices you have agreed on.
Other pieces of legislation a trust and trustees may have to follow include:
Privacy Act
Resource Management Act
Health and Safety at Work Act
Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 Trustee training
We offer regular and free training in person and online to help trustees better understand their duties, legal obligations, and how to run trusts successfully. You can attend a session if you are a newly appointed trustee, if you are thinking about becoming a trustee,...
Access to Māori land was generally considered when the title of the land was originally issued and in many cases:
a roadway would have been created to give access to the land
there may have already been a public or private roadway servicing the land, or
a right of way to access land, across a neighbouring property, may have been put in place.
You can find information on:
the current list of landowners of the block
when a person became a landowner, who they inherited whenua interests from and the type of land ownership they have
the previous landowners and line of succession, or whakapapa of the whenua.
You can find historical information that may help you to gather information about your whakapapa.
