What you need to know: • You can include Māori land, general land, or both. • You can include land regardless of its location (for example, the blocks do not need to be located next to each other)
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-apply-for-Partition-of-Maori-freehold-land.pdf (490 kb)
This includes a list of all aggregated (or combined) Māori land blocks. It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, general land owned by Māori, or land blocks under internal review.
The third order determines that the additional area of land is in fact an accretion and is to be added to the other area and then comprise one block of land of 0.9241 hectares.
The introduction of Pātaka Whenua marked the closing of MLIS (Māori Land Information System), the previous Māori Land Court technol- ogy system, which has served the court and land- owners/users since 1999.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)
HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SUBSTITUTE SILNA LAND WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 23 MAY 2025 The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wānaka Survey District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
This information helps us to find the correct records relating to your whānau and whenua so we can make sure the land is being transferred to the right people.
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/MLC-National-Panui-February-2024-web.pdf (1015 kb)
Both trust types are land management trusts involving one or more Māori freehold land blocks (and in some cases, general land owned by Māori).
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
I am pleased to confirm that I have approved the release of a new Practice Note covering lawyers appointed and paid for under the Māori Land Court’s Special Aid Fund. I attach the new Practice Note for your records and advise that you may also find a copy on the new Māori Land Court website.
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP6 12:30 PM AP-20250000006215 310/93 Hara Piahana Mary Adams Part Pukehou 5L No 1A and Section 1-2 Survey Office Plan 488517 – Exchange of Land Blocks TE ROHE O AOTEA TE ROHE O AOTEA NATIONAL PĀNUI December | Tīhema 2025 24 At Palmerston North | Te Whare Wairua o Mererikiriki, 138 Maxwells Line, Awapuni, Palmerston North Via Zoom – Meeting ID: Meeting ID: 898 0767 8918 Thursday, 6 November 2025 Judge M J Doogan...
