Improvements have been made to our web- site to better support users of Pātaka Whenua. New ‘How-do-I?’ guides providing step by step guidance are now available on our website on an updated Pātaka Whenua guidance page, as well as in hard copy in all our offices.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
• Other: There are examples where a minute book has been created for a specific activity, application, hearings or other reason which requires evidence to be recorded.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
External link Succession (factsheet) (PDF 362 kb) Te whakatū i tētahi tarahiti, kaporeihana whenua rānei Set up a trust or incorporation Find out how to set up a whānau trust.
• If paying the fee would cause financial hardship, you can ask for the fee to be remitted or reduced. • Information about fee remittals and how to request one is available on the Māori Land Court website.
How-do-I-user-guides/How-to-constitute-an-ahu-whenua-trust-or-whenua-topu-trust.pdf (539 kb)
The applicant filed the application to seek solutions to prevent the sale by Council and to secure the future of the land for Mary’s whānau. At a hearing in Waitara on 12 June 2025, the descendants present agreed to consider setting the land aside as a Māori Reservation as the first step to gain administration of the whenua by Mary’s whānau.
Documents/Landowner-notices/NOTICE-OF-HUI-OF-DESCENDANTS-OF-MARY-NAERA.pdf (135 kb)
Me aha mēnā kei te raruraru tō kite i te mata whānui i Pātaka Whenua What to do if you are having trouble seeing the full screen in Pātaka Whenua Make sure that the browser is zoomed out (fully maximised).
The Court may, on considering your notification, arrange for the application to be set down for a formal hearing if the application has yet to be determined, or for a rehearing if the application has already been determined.
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-August-2024.pdf (1.3 mb)
Having a conversation with your whānau about your whenua and whakapapa can be helpful before getting started. It is a good idea to ask them about: What land blocks you might be an owner in An accurate record of your whakapapa How you became an owner or beneficiary to your whenua.
If you want to reduce the time period and receive your court order faster, please contact us before your court hearing and let us know. It may require the decision of a Judge or Registrar.
This practice note addresses the following: (a) How do owners of whenua Māori approve a mortgage?
