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 website also
contains a link to MāoriLand Online, a tool
that provides web based information on
the current ownership and title information 1
for all MāoriLand Court blocks.
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.
In 2017, an application was made to the MāoriLand Court to determine the
status of the land, the ownership of the land and the relative interests of the owners.
1
māorilandcourt.co.nz
A partition divides an existing Māorilandblock into new, separate blocks. Partition applications are
covered under Part 14 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (sections 285-306) and Part 13 of the
MāoriLand Court Rules 2011.
This includes a list of all aggregated (or combined) Māorilandblocks. It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, general land owned by Māori, or landblocks under internal review.
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.
I am pleased to confirm that I have approved the release of a new Practice Note covering
lawyers appointed and paid for under the MāoriLand 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 MāoriLand Court website.
MĀORI RESERVATIONS
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.
