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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.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
July 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the pānui closing date of 13th of May 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 inqu...
11 or more times
71, 33%
None, 9, 4%
1-5 times
85, 39%
6-10 times
52, 24%
Pātaka Whenua
51, 24%
In person at
our offices
58, 27%
Email
72, 33%
Phone
22, 10%
MLC website
14, 6%
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Visit the Te Puni Kōkiri website
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.
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
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...
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...
