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Trustees act on behalf of the whānau to manage the land interests and make decisions about the whenua.

Located in:  Māori land Manage your land

By doing this, your whānau members’ wishes about their land can be taken into account.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

They have now agreed to put those tensions behind them as it relates to the land (rather than personalities!) and have adopted this ahu whenua/whānau trust structure.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

From 6 February 2021 The Māori Land Court can grant an occupation order to a beneficiary of a whānau trust.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Amendments-to-Te-Ture-Whenua-Maori-Act-1993-December-2020.pdf (891 kb)

‘Māori Land Trusts’ includes a section on whānau trusts.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

‘Māori Land Trusts’ includes a section on whānau trusts.

Uploads/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

These rules ensure that the Act’s kaupapa is met – to promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners and their whānau and hapū 4 and to facilitate the occupation, development, and utilisation of that land for the benefit of its owners and their whānau and hapū.

Uploads/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)

These rules ensure that the Act’s kaupapa is met – to promote the retention of Māori land in the hands of its owners and their whānau and hapū 4 and to facilitate the occupation, development, and utilisation of that land for the benefit of its owners and their whānau and hapū.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-english.pdf (856 kb)

This is the essence of a whānau trust. In that sense whakapapa and land rights are restored to the close relationship that they once had.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

A trust formed around common tipuna that allows the whānau to bring together their Māori land interests for the benefit of the whānau being the descendants of the common tipuna.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)