Search for an ownership v1 7
This guide covers two ways to search for an ownership in Pātaka Whenua online portal: • Near Match Search (page 2), • Exact Match Search (page 6).
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-an-ownership-v1-7.pdf (1.7 mb)
Search results for "Maori Land Online Full search"
Search for a management structure v1 7
This guide covers two ways to search for a document in Pātaka Whenua online portal: • Near Match Search (page 2), • Exact Match Search (page 6).
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-management-structure-v1-7.pdf (2.1 mb)
Search for a block v1 6
Accessing Pātaka Whenua Step 1 In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click the green tab in the top right area labelled “Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
MLC Form 19 Application search
Use this form to request a confirmed search of interests that may be held in the name of any deceased person who may have interests in Māori Freehold Land.
Te tūhonotanga o te tangata ki tōna whenua
Connecting whānau to the whenua
Ngā Karere News 18 March 2026 | News New Near Match search videos now available To support our people using Pātaka Whenua, we’ve added new Near Match search videos to our guidance page. 19 December 2025 | News Te Kooti Whenua Māori Pūrongo ā tau Matariki 2024 - Matariki 2025 Māori Land Court Annual Report Matariki 2024 - Matariki 2025 Chief Judge Caren Fox and Pae Matua Steve Gunson are pleased to release the third Māori Land Court Ann...
MLC Form 22 Application for succession2
If an owner with Māori Land interests is deceased, and a succession has not previously been dealt with by the Court or a Registrar, you can use this form to seek a determination from the Court as to those persons entitled to a deceased’s Māori Land interests and an order transferring the interests to those entitled.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (512 kb)
MLC Form 21 Application for succession2
If you would prefer your application to be heard in court by a Judge, please tick here: The Māori Land Court of New Zealand Please select the name of the Māori Land Court district in which you wish your application to be heard: Page 3 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 21 5 WHAKAPAPA: FULL NAMES OF DECEASED’S PARENTS: Male Female Deceased (a) Parent: (b) Parent: FULL NAMES OF DECEASED’S BROTHERS AND SISTERS: Mal...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (510 kb)
Ngā puka tono
Application forms
You can submit your application online in Pātaka Whenua. You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
Discussion on Whānau Trusts
01 Feb 2013 | NewsSecond, although those interests are small they have been able to link us back into the various communities which our grandparents and great-grandparents had ties to. The Māori Land Court via its Māori Land Online website can now physically locate the blocks.
S113 29 93 Appln to Determine Successors for SILNA Lands Hawea Wanaka
The Māori Land Court is conducting an inquiry to establish the successors to SILNA lands pursuant to Section 29, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 in accordance with an application filled by the Minister of Māori Affairs, currently under application A20180009373.
Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)