Te hātepe whai whakaāe│Approval process The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Justice has authority under section 98M (2) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to approve mediators.
Documents/Articles/MLC-DRS-expression-of-interest-information-booklet.pdf (922 kb)
External link Succession (factsheet) (PDF 362 kb) Te whakatū i tētahi tarahiti, kaporeihana whenua rānei Set up a trust or incorporation Find out how to set up a whānau trust.
Aligning trust procedures to changes in the Act You should update your procedures as necessary to reflect the changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:45 AM AP-20240000006156 239/93 Deborah Michelle Kerr He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō te Mei Porangi Thwaites whānau trust Reduce the trustees of Mei Porangi Thwaites whānau trust by removing Deborah Michelle Johnson, Natasha Margaret Murphy and Nicola Diane Keys
Documents/Panui/7.-Waikato-Maniapoto-27-May-2026.pdf (117 kb)
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 9 11:30 AM AP-20240000010745 Protected Objects Act 1975 – sections 11 and 12 Stephen John Walker Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found at 20 Levers Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga SP 10 12.00 PM AP-20230000033561 231/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust - Review of Trust SP 11 12.00 PM AP-20230000033563 238/93 Karen Stowers Tukere and Grace Rehu Whānau Trust
Documents/Panui/13.-Waikato-Maniapoto-26-February-2026.pdf (126 kb)
Is this partition intended to be a hapū partition in terms of sections 301 to 304 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act? Yes No 6.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (789 kb)
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP18 11:15 AM AP-20250000002199 45/93 Stacey Tawhai, Jessie Tawhai, James Withers, Kahurangi Tawhai, Phillip Tawhai, Jason Tawhai, Zivana Tawhai CJ 2025/11 - Watene Tawhai and succession orders made at 89 Opotiki 235-240 on 2/11/2005 SP19 11:30 AM AP-20240000013679 45/93 Wiremu Rudolph CJ 2024/89 - Pakinga C1 block - Hone Rurawhe also known as Jack Rudolph and a vesting order made at 13 Kaitaia MB...
Documents/Landowner-notices/11-June-2026-Panui-CJ.pdf (154 kb)
The Act now enables trusts to grant leases and occupation licenses for the purposes of education, health or papakāinga housing for a period of more than 14 years.
There have, of course, been numerous ahu whenua trust orders with composite whānau trust-administered areas created since Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 gave statutory recognition to shareholdings within blocks according to discrete whakapapa groups.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP9 10:00 AM AP-20240000000049 164/93 158/93 Ashley Ngahere Dunn Lot 2 Deposited Plan 21559 – Transfer of shares by way of gift from Annette Lousa Skudder to Ashley Ngahere Dunn SP10 10:20 AM AP-20250000007889 239/93 Andre Arahina Taikato He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Titihuia Kopae Whānau Trust Replace Charmaine Ransfield and Polly Martin with Dion Samuel Bartosh, Awhina Rore, Essa May...
