The benefits of an ahu whenua trust include:
a greater opportunity to use the land
trustees can be appointed to administer and manage the block
owners can participate in meetings and decisions about the direction of the trust
the trust becomes the single point of contact for the block, and
the trust is a legal entity and trustees can set up a bank account to hold any funds for the beneficiaries.
• The trustees can only grant a lease or occupation
licence of the land for a term of up to 14 years (including
renewals), unless the lease or occupation licence is for
education, health or papakāinga housing, in which case
there is no time limit
The unengaged owners are not the problem the report imagines
For a significant number of blocks of multiply-owned Māori land today, the engaged
owners are a minority of the owners.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP2 11:15 AM AP-20250000004872 18(1)(a)/93
Tohi Mason
Whānau Trust
He whakataunga a te kooti mō
tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia
ana nō wai te whare ki runga i
a Section 18Block VIII Gore
Survey District
Decision of the court to
determine a claim to a house on
Section 18Block VIII Gore
Survey District
Te Waipounamu
PĀNUI
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,117 1,498 3,930 89,114.5730 (60%) 58,744.3744 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,304 1,664...
Management Structures
(Note: This includes all types of management structure, including Ahu Whenua Trusts, Whenua Tōpū Trusts, Pūtea Trusts, Māori
Incorporations and non-Māori Land Court created structures or organisations but it does not include agencies or agents)
Rohe #
Structures
# Blks with
Structures
# Blks without
Structures
Area vested (ha) Area not vested (ha)
Taitokerau 1,117 1,498 3,930 89,114.5730 (60%) 58,744.3744 (40%)
Waikato Maniapoto 1,304 1,664...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20230000028230
A20120012122
67/93,
289/93
Sadie Thomas
McGee, Wayne
Stewart Haigh
Mohinui Topu – Partition and Judicial
Conference
SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20230000028238
A20130010491
18(1)(a)/93 Elizabeth
Philippa Schultz
Mohinui Topu 2 – Determine
ownership of a house
SP 3 10:00 AM AP-20230000028359
A20200006100
289/93 Tangi Rudolph Mohinui Topu Blocks 5 and 9A –
Partition
SP 4 10:00 AM AP-20230000028363...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP 1 10:00 AM AP-20230000028230
A20120012122
67/93,
289/93
Sadie Thomas
McGee, Wayne
Stewart Haigh
Mohinui Topu – Partition and Judicial
Conference
SP 2 10:00 AM AP-20230000028238
A20130010491
18(1)(a)/93 Elizabeth
Philippa Schultz
Mohinui Topu 2 – Determine
ownership of a house
SP 3 10:00 AM AP-20230000028359
A20200006100
289/93 Tangi Rudolph Mohinui Topu Blocks 5 and 9A –
Partition
SP 4 10:00 AM AP-20230000028363...
