Near match search is now available across Ownership, Document, Block, and Management Structure. This makes it easier to find information even with partial or similar details. See the Search Tips page for guidance.
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Pātaka Whenua Step-By-Step Guides
Search for an ownership
Date produced: 25 July 2024
Last modified: 29 September 2025
You do not need to be a registered Pātaka Whenua user in order to search and access
ownership information.
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Pātaka Whenua Step-By-Step Guides
Search for a
management structure
Date produced: 25 July 2024
Last modified: 19 November 2025
You do not need to be a registered Pātaka Whenua user in order to search and access
management structure information.
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Pātaka Whenua Step-By-Step Guides
Search for a block
Date produced: 25 July 2024
Last modified: 19 November 2025
This guide covers two ways to search for a block in the Pātaka Whenua online portal:
• using the Search menu to find a block
• Near Match Search (page 1),
• Exact Match Search (page 4),
• locating it visually with the Block Map (page 7).
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Pātaka Whenua Step-By-Step Guides
Search for a document
Date produced: 25 July 2024
Last modified: 29 September 2025
You do not need to be a registered Pātaka Whenua user in order to search and access
documents for information.
He
painga hoki tēnei mō ngā tiaki whenua kia pai
tonu te whakapapa 25.
Mō ētahi atu whakamārama mō te tikanga
tuku, tirohia te pukapuka ’Tikanga Tuku:
He kōrero āwhina’, kei ngā tari o te Kooti
Whenua Māori.
...Waitangi Tribunal Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on claims concerning
the allocation of radio frequencies (Wai 26, 1990) at 237.
24 Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi Tribunal Muriwhenua Fishing Report (Wai 22, 1988) at 195.
25 Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi | Waitangi Tribunal Muriwhenua Fishing Report (Wai 22, 1988) at 194
26 New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General [1987] 1 NZLR 641 CA at 715 per Bisson J
27 Labour Government Statement of the...