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Te Tumu Paeroa
Office of the Māori Trustee
The Māori Trustee is appointed, in many cases, to act as a responsible trustee to manage Māori freehold land and other assets on behalf of the beneficial owners.
Once completed, you can send us your application by email or post, or you can drop them off in person at one of our offices or paneke. Note : some web browsers might not show macronised words or place names correctly when you're using the dropdown menus of the forms, from within your web browser.
We worked for the back office of large British bank based in Hong Kong. This was during the run up to the hand back of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China, and our job was to establish and administer trust structures to receive the assets of wealthy Chinese prior to their migration to either Canada or Australia.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
June 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of April 2026, are hereby notified,
pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and
have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
June 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of April 2026, are hereby notified,
pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and
have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
If you do not have access to a computer, laptop or tablet, you can email your documents to your local district office's email (see below), and then they can arrange for your documents to be uploaded for you.
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Ākuhata | August 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 10th of June 2026, are hereby notified,
pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and
have yet to be determined or set...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Oketopa | October 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of August 2026, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or s...
If the Court considers that the minority trustee is acting
unreasonably, they could be removed from office for cause.
Whenua Māori held by a Māori Incorporation
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
Hepetema | September 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 8th of July 2026, are hereby notified,
pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and
have yet to be determined or s...
