Near match search is now available across Ownership, Document, Block, and Management Structure. This makes it easier to find information even with partial or similar details. See the Search Tips page for guidance.
Our Te Waipounamu counter is temporarily relocating from Tuesday 7 April 2026. More details are here.
You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust)
succession orders (names of successors to an estate)
vesting orders (transfers of shares...
Succession is the legal transfer of interests or shares in Māori
land from a person who has passed away to the people who
are legally entitled to own those interests.
Historically, most succession applications were heard by a
Māori Land Court judge.
However, in the Court historic imaged
records, Title Orders (“TTO”) usually refer to an
order that creates a title (eg Partition,
Amalgamation, Freehold Orders).
1
THE ADEQUACY OF LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CULTURAL
HERITAGE AND CUSTOMARY RIGHTS IN NEW ZEALAND
Ka kuhu ahau ki te ture, hei matua mo te pani
I seek refuge in the law, for it is a parent of the oppressed (Te Kooti Arikirangi Te…
He has held a range of positions across the court and brings extensive knowledge and experience to his current position Pae Ārahi o Te Raki and Registrar in Whangārei.
Sean Vercoe - Pae Ārahi o Te Rāwhiti (Tairāwhiti, Tākitimu, and Te Waipounamu)
Te Arawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Rarawa
He hononga tangata He taura here tangata He toto whakaora whānau E here nei i ahau Ki aku tātai whakapapa E here nei i ahau
Sean brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in te ao Māori, lead...
Urupa Reservations Urupā reservations (Māori burial grounds) have a special status in legal terms as well as having family, spiritual, cultural and historical importance. Many urupā are traditional burial grounds, and are the places where whānau and hapū members expect to be buried when their time comes.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP13 11:30AM AP-20260000001835 67/93 Janette Hamilton-
Pearce, Allamein
Ann Tangira,
Manuelle Garrett
(Christie), Elaine
Tangira, Evelyn
Pearl Tangira
(Wright), Atareta
Wirihana
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Motuaruhe 5E Ahu
Whenua Trust
Replace trustees with uri and
shareholders from the six original
owners as responsible trustees of
the Motuaruhe 5E Ahu Whenua
Trust – Judicial Conference
SP14 11:30AM AP-20260000001...
