Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz or phone 09 279 5850 to make an appointment
If an owner with MāoriLand interests is deceased, and a succession has not previously been dealt with by the Court or a
Registrar, you can use this form to seek a determination from the Court as to those persons entitled to a deceased’s
MāoriLand interests and an order transferring the interests to those entitled.
Second, although those interests are small they have been able to link us back into the various communities which our grandparents and great-grandparents had ties to. The MāoriLand Court via its MāoriLand Online website can now physically locate the blocks.
MĀORI INCORPORATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māoriland.
Information about whenua is generally held by the district office that is located closest to that landblock. You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māoriland)
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A mortgage or loan may be acquired by:
the sole owner of a Māorilandblock
all the owners of a Māorilandblock acting together
the trustees of a Māorilandblock who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or
a Māori Incorporation which holds Māoriland.
The Act recognises that blocks of Māoriland are generally
owned by people connected to each other and to the land
through kin groups, such as iwi7 and hapū8.
On this page
Applying for succession
Succession application types
Succession and whāngai
Succession with no living descendants
Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title of land.
The introduction of Pātaka Whenua marked
the closing of MLIS (MāoriLand Information
System), the previous MāoriLand Court technol-
ogy system, which has served the court and land-
owners/users since 1999.