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Currently, the Māori Trustee administers as trustee or agent approximately 1,800 Māori Land Trusts and other Māori entities. This is about one third of all Māori Land Trusts.

Located in:  Our application process Take action

For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pānui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pānui / Te Pānui ā-Motu.

Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-August-2025-Edition.pdf (2 mb)

For detailed steps on using the Search menu to find an ownership, please refer to the Search for an ownership guide available in the same guidance area as above.

How-do-I-user-guides/Download-an-ownership-details-report-v1-3.pdf (964 kb)

  Ngā whakataunga a te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court judgments Find judgments of the Māori Land Court in the Ministry of Justice decision finder.

Located in:  The court record

For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pānui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pānui / Te Pānui ā Motu.

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-December-2024.pdf (2.5 mb)

For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pānui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pānui / Te Pānui ā-Motu.

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026.pdf (2.5 mb)

For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pānui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pānui / Te Pānui ā-Motu.

Documents/Panui/National-Panui-February-2026-Revised.pdf (2.5 mb)

1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 31 August 2022 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.11(2)(b) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 being applications which are 6 months or older as at 31 August 2022, and which are currently held by the Registrar in the District set out, or, in the case of applications to the Chief Judge of Māori Land Court or t...

Documents/5-11-reports/2022-08-31-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC-combined.pdf (1.5 mb)

The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System.

Documents/5-11-reports/2023-08-31-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC.pdf (6.7 mb)

The Māori Land Court moved to a new database, Pātaka Whenua, in late May 2023 replacing the Māori Land Information System (MLIS).

Documents/5-11-reports/5-11-Report-Published-2025-05-May.pdf (4 mb)