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Information about whenua is generally held by the district office that is located closest to that land block. 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 Māori land) trust orders (name...

Located in:  The court record

A mortgage or loan may be acquired by: the sole owner of a Māori land block all the owners of a Māori land block acting together the trustees of a Māori land block who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or a Māori Incorporation which holds Māori land.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

The Act recognises that blocks of Māori land are generally owned by people connected to each other and to the land through kin groups, such as iwi7 and hapū8.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)

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.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

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)

an amalgamation can include general land 12 and Māori land. if it does, the resulting block will be Māori land.

Uploads/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)

an amalgamation can include general land 12 and Māori land. if it does, the resulting block will be Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 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.

Located in:  The court record

The website also contains a link to Māori Land Online, a tool that provides web based information on the current ownership and title information 1 for all Māori Land Court blocks.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)

Dated: / / Page 13 For m ore inform ation visit w w w .m āorilandcourt.govt.nz M LC 07/25 - 21 SCH ED U LE 1 – EN TITLEM EN T TO D ECEA SED ’S IN TERESTS U N D ER TERM S O F A W ILL Land / Block Shares to be vested Proportion to be vested Name and address of beneficiary Releationship to deceased Page 14 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 21 MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application may be lodged with the...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (370 kb)