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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2021 | Pipiri 2021
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
June 2022 | Pipiri 2022
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
Page 2 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 40
The Māori Land Court of New Zealand
(Please select the Māori Land Court District in which the land is located)
Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki
Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu
BLOCK(S): (State name and block number of land, Mäori incorporation, person or other matter in respect of which the application is made)
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
January 2026
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 12th of November 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inq...
There have, of course, been numerous ahu whenua trust orders with composite whānau trust-administered areas created since Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 gave statutory recognition to shareholdings within blocks according to discrete whakapapa groups.
A mortgage or loan may be acquired by:
the sole owner of a Māori landblock
all the owners of a Māori landblock acting together
the trustees of a Māori landblock who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or
a Māori Incorporation which holds Māori land.
This article looks at the relationship between the existing laws relating to cemeteries and the powers of the Māori Land Court to constitute urupā reservations under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.
Guides to help search the court record in Pātaka Whenua
Rapu mā te poraka whenua
Search by landblock
You can search for information by using the name of the landblock.