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)
Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Mäori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
Documents/Panui/0805823-Ministry-of-Justice_Panui-September-2023-web.pdf (832 kb)
Māori Land Court A GUIDE TO OUR MINUTE BOOK ABBREVIATIONS MLC-FS1- Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)
Apply online Download the application form Land based trusts and incorporations Tarati ahu whenua Ahu Whenua trust An ahu whenua trust enables collective guardianship of one or more land blocks on behalf of landowners.
APPLICATIONS Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.6E-OCT21-Applications.pdf (335 kb)
The owner of a beneficial interest in land. Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
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)
The information in this booklet does not apply to Māori reserves. 2 Māori reservation land Any Māori freehold land or any general land 1 may be set aside as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Fourth And one of the funnier issues that it has thrown up for improvement, involves the appellations chosen for land blocks. Judges and Registrars past, have tended to default to surveyors over the names of newly created titles following partitions, consolidations, amalgamations or aggregations of Māori land.
Step 1 1.1 After logging into Pātaka Whenua as a registered user, on the left side click “Search” then “Block” – this will take you to the Block Search 1.2 In the “Block Name” field, start typing the name of the block.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Download-List-of-Current-Owners-Report-v1.pdf (650 kb)
