Currently, the land is effectively held in trust until the owners can receive the land. There are 308 original owners.
Those entitled to succeed do not wish to form a whānau trust. Those entitled to succeed have conferred and wish to vest the interests of the deceased into a whānau trust.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (919 kb)
TRUST NAME Trust Name 1.1 The trust created by this Court order shall be known as [INSERT TRUST NAME] ("the Trust").
The determination is required under the terms set out in Clause 15.6.2 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement where the determination is decided by the Court as though the lands were Māori lands and in accordance with section 109 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 as though the deceased left no will.
Decide on voting threshold for a poll vote (for voting by shareholding) 14.4 This is the standard treatment of whānau trusts that put their shares into ahu whenua trusts.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
In April 2025, Claire Stirling-Hawkins (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāi Tahu me Kāti Mamoe), supported by her whānau, friends, and kaimahi from Te Rāwhiti, stepped into the Pae Ārahi o Te Rito role, bringing her leadership strengths and a shared purpose and vision for Te Rito to the District.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
pwd=ZGpGUkE2MjNEYW1tRStack1haFZKZz09 Meeting ID: 865 1019 2526 | Passcode: 562788 Monday 17 April 2023 | Judge M J Doogan Presiding Applications for Hearing PÄNUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 1 11:00AM A20220016965 239/93 Courtney Marshall, Kepariki Konui Okahukura 8M 2B 1 (Otukou Papakainga) - Add Nina Margaret Parker & Chelsea Manu Fox as trustees 2 11:05AM A20200003623 231/93 Verna Jean Snowden Rangioma Dick Barrett Whanau Trust - Review...
This will show you: who the trustees are and when they were appointed when the land trust was formed any historical activities of the trust the trust order or deed.
O block - Noting of Forestry Rights by the Registrar A20230006690 113/93, 117/93 John Isaacs, Milly Mary Ann Tamatoa, Josephine Autagavaia Manihera Akena Isaacs also known as Manihera Akena Ihaka or Mani Ihaka or Mani Isaacs or John Isaacs - Succession A20230006424 150A(3) (b)/93 Manukawhitikitiki 2F1A2 Trust Manukawhitikitiki 2F1A2 block - Noting of Forestry Rights by the Registrar A20230008125 113/93, 118/93 Bruce Te Haupa Maki Maryanne Mackey - Succession A2023000...
Documents/Panui/0517423-Ministry-of-Justice_National-Panui-July-2023-web.pdf (838 kb)
PÄNUI NO: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT: 42 AP-20230000023065 A20220014166 113A/93 118/93 Heidi Rapira Bryan Paraone Rapira - Succession 43 AP-20230000023101 A20220015288 113A/93 117/93 Lydia Rachel September Michael Tua or Makiri Tua - Succession Applications for Succession, Whänau Trust or Kaitiaki Trust to be heard in other Court Districts The following applications affecting land in this district will be heard under rule 5.2 of the Mäori L...
