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All applications should be lodged with the Registrar in the District
in which some of all of the land is located
Fee: $23.00
If there is insufficient room on the form to provide the required infomation you should continue your application on a separate
sheet of paper
MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS
This application mat be lodged with the Registrar at your local Māori Land Court office
Office use:
Application: ACCEPTED / REFUSED
Dated: ..........................
Upload any documents as required
TIP: If your application form is not showing, please visit Submit an application | Māori Land Court
which will give you different options for logging an application.
Finding out if you have
entitlement for succession
If a family member has died and you believe
that he or she may have owned interests
in Māori land to which you may be entitled
to succeed, you can find out about those
interests by:
• visiting the Māori Land Court and
searching the electronic database or
getting someone to do this for you
• completing an application for a search.
Finding out if you have
entitlement for succession
If a family member has died and you believe
that he or she may have owned interests
in Māori land to which you may be entitled
to succeed, you can find out about those
interests by:
• visiting the Māori Land Court and
searching the electronic database or
getting someone to do this for you
• completing an application for a search.
If you’re making a whenua timeline you can access historical information of that whenua as recorded in the Māori Land Court (or our predecessor, the Native Land Court).
You can search for the following document types in Pātaka Whenua:
https://www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz/
2māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Find a document using the Search menu – Near Match Search
Step 2
This will expand the Search menu, select “Document” from the options shown.
Freehold titles are often divided by partition order.
The land retains the status of Māori land. The status of the land will continue to
be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing the
status of the land.