Pātaka Whenua Guidance
Guest User Guide
Date produced: 14 August 2023
Last modified: 14 December 2023
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Guest User Guide
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLandCourt
You do not need to register in Pātaka Whenua to be able to access information or make an application or enquiry.
Judges Savage and Harvey
On 24 February 2023, the MāoriLandCourt
held a special sitting in Waiariki to recognise the
retirement of his Honour Judge Patrick Savage
from the MāoriLandCourt, and the departure of
the Honourable Justice Dr Layne Harvey from the
MāoriLandCourt to the High Court bench.
Download the MāoriLandCourt glossary of terms.
He rauemi reo Māori mō ngā kupu e whakamahia ana i te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
A te reo Māori resource for words used in the MāoriLandCourt and the Waitangi Tribunal
Māori words for the MāoriLandCourt and the Waitangi Tribunal prepared by Judge Alana Thomas.
Former Chief MāoriLandCourt Judge, who then became a
Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land;
Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as
members of it.
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In the Pātaka Whenua portal, you can submit an application to the MāoriLandCourt
regardless of whether you are a registered or guest user.
Publication of recordings in this manner “enables the public to view entire, unedited proceedings” and at the same time “enables the Court to retain control of the recordings”.
It would be interesting to see the response if our MāoriLandCourt required the parties’ written submissions in upcoming cases to be uploaded to the MāorilandCourt website prior to hearings.
Accessing Pātaka Whenua
Step 1
In your web browser, visit the MāoriLandCourt website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click
the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.