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Sitting period Closing date for lodgements  10 - 14 November 2025 Wednesday, 6 August 2025 9 - 13 February 2026 Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11 - 15 May 2026 Wednesday, 5 February 2026 10 - 14 August 2026 Wednesday, 6 May 2026 9 - 13 November 2026 Wednesday, 5 August 2026   Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra Māori Māori Appellate Court applications to be heard Pānui Māori Appellate Court sitting 12 February 2026 Māori Appellate Court sitting 12 Februar...

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Accessing Pātaka Whenua Step 1 In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click the green tab in the top right area labelled “Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.

How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-block-v1-6.pdf (2.5 mb)

• Derivation search report • Historic record sheet • National Pānui • Special Pānui • Survey Plan • Judgment • Orders • Minute • Minute Book Index • Historic Ownership Schedule • Historic Memorial Schedule Accessing Pātaka Whenua Step 1 In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.

How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-document-v1-8.pdf (2.2 mb)

This is the narrative of a piece of land in Te Tau Ihu – Aorere. It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.

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

Some people become landowners when land is gifted or transferred to them.

Located in:  Māori land

Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua Care for the land, care for the people, go forward Like the marae, Tū Atu is when manuhiri and hau kainga share kai (food).

Located in:  Our application process

Original Grantees of the Hāwea/Wānaka SILNA Block Note: Abode refers to the place of residence for the individual as listed in the Native Land Register for the Wānaka Block 1895. The correct number of Original Grantees for the Hāwea/Wānaka SILNA Block is 50.

Documents/SILNA/List-of-Original-Grantees-for-Hawea-Wanaka-with-notes.pdf (128 kb)

TiTle improvemenT Te Ture Whenua MĀori acT 1993 Te WHAKAHoU TAiTArA Te Ture Whenua MĀori acT 1993 Ko te Kooti Whenua Māori te kooti o Aotearoa e rongohia ai ngā take katoa e pā ana ki ngā whenua Māori.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-tereo.pdf (349 kb)

Ka hauiti i te Kooti, ka hauroa i te whenua Less time in the Court, more time on the land

Before you submit an application to the Court, make sure you have had a kōrero with your whānau. Kaitiaki whenua (land guardianship) is about the collective and the wellbeing of whenua, whānau and whakapapa.

Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court