This occurs most commonly between close whānau members.
TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI - INFORMATION SEMINARS Venue: 1 Trading Place, Henderson Tuesday 9 June 2026 | Tuesday 14 July 2026 ❖ Succession and Whānau Trusts 10.00 AM ❖ Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record 1.00 PM Tuesday 23 June 2026 | Tuesday 28 July 2026 ❖ Ahu Whenua Trust Set Up and Trust Applications 10.00 AM ❖ Pātaka Whenua: Searching the Record 1.00 PM The objectives of these seminars are to - 1.
Documents/Landowner-notices/MLC-Tamaki-Programme-WCL-June-July2026.pdf (342 kb)
Me āta pānui te hui me ana pūtake. 3 Kōrero ki ngā kairīhi, mēnā he kairīhi.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-tereo.pdf (349 kb)
Having a conversation with your whānau about your whenua and whakapapa can be helpful before getting started.
Chief Judge Fox is a descendent of Ngāti Porou and Rongowhakaata, with ties to Te Whānau a Apanui. She is the fifth judge to be appointed as Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal, following Chief Judge Kenneth Gillanders Scott, Tā Justice Taihakurei Durie, Tā Justice Joe Williams and Chief Judge Wilson Isaac.
“Pātaka Whenua also enables a connectedness that has not existed before – whānau living in across the ditch and further afield will have the same access to the court record, a taonga tuku iho, as those who are able to visit us in person today.”
He mea ahurei te tūranga o te Kooti i te ao ture noa me o tātou whakaritenga ā-ture Kāwanatanga. “E whai ana a Kaiwhakawā Matua Fox i ngā pūkenga katoa, te āhuatanga me te āheinga ki te whakatutuki i tēnei takohanga.
Ki tōku whanaunga nō Te Whānau-a-Apanui. E ngā Taitamawāhine o te Tai Rāwhiti.
Te whakamihi i tō tātou hapori, kaiwhakawā, kaimahi anō hoki Me mihi e mātou ka tika te manawanui o te hapori, ka mutu, te ngākau nui o ā mātou kaiwhakawā, kaimahi oti rā ngā whānau rātou i tautoko i roto i ngā piki me ngā heke o te wā, i raro hoki i te tau- mahatanga o te mahi nui.
Documents/Articles/MLC-Purongo-a-tau2024-25-print2.pdf (24 mb)
Our key purpose is to promote the retention of Māori land in Māori hands, and to support landowners to use, occupy and develop their whenua for the benefit of all landowners, and their whānau and hapū. As a court of record, we are responsible for the accurate documentation of the succession and management of Māori land.
