Second, 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.
KAWA The ceremonies performed to align with Tikanga, for example, Pōwhiri, Karakia and Waiata. LAND BLOCK Any land that has its own title: • Māori Customary Land • Māori Freehold Land • General Land held by Māori • General Land • Crown Land • Crown Land reserved for Māori LAND LOCKED BLOCK Block of land that does not have any legal access....
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)
A mortgage or loan may be acquired by: the sole owner of a Māori land block all the owners of a Māori land block acting together the trustees of a Māori land block who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or a Māori Incorporation which holds Māori land.
1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua June 2012 | Pipiri 2012 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2012.pdf (132 kb)
1 Māori Land Update – Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua June 2012 | Pipiri 2012 This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government agencies about the characteristics of Māori Freehold and Māori Customary Land.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2012.pdf (132 kb)
As a result, from time to time the Māori Land Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
Read the Search for a block guide for help on how to search by land block.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington October 2025 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 13th of August 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down f...
This brought the Māori Land Court record into the computer age with details of Māori land blocks and their owners being accessible nationwide, without owners having to travel to the Māori Land Court where the land was located to get information.
Page 1 For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz MLC 07/25 - 26 The Māori Land Court of New Zealand (please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some of all of the land is located) Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu BLOCK: ..................................................................................................................................
