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How would you describe the hearings you attended online? Would you like more hearings held online?

Documents/Misc/MLC-User-Survey-2025-Infographic-V5-Te-Reo-Headings.pdf (372 kb)

Tono tuihono Apply online Apply to the Court online in Pātaka Whenua.

Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court

Apply online Download the application form Aggregations Unlike other forms of title improvement, an aggregation doesn't change the title to the land.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

For office contact details, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us To download a form from our website, go to www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/application-forms You can also find out more online at www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/disputes When we roll out our new technology system, you will be able to make this application online via the Māori Land Court website.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)

Pātaka Whenua Guidance Registered User Guide Date produced: 15 August 2023 Last modified: 13 December 2023 māorilandcourt.govt.nz Registered User Guide Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court Being a registered user means you can: • Create and submit applications online • Save and return to your incomplete applications • Track progress on your applications • Pay filing fees • Submit enquiries • Receive notifications on your applications and enquiries from the c...

Documents/Troubleshooting/Registered-User-Guide-v2.pdf (956 kb)

The judge or registrar may issue an order giving the whāngai child the right to occupy a family home on the land, or to receive all or part of any income from the land interest, or both.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

If you don’t agree with a decision made by the Māori Land Court, you can consider appealing the outcome of your application.

Located in:  Our application process Receive the outcome

Some people become landowners when a whānau member transfers land to them by gift or sale. The Maori Land Court will ‘vest’ the land interest by way of a vesting order.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

In his classic book Māori Land Tenure (1977) Sir Hugh Kawharu wrote that the system of Māori land tenure created by the Native Lands Act of 1865 was an ‘engine of destruction for any tribe’s tenure of land, anywhere’ (p 15).

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)

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”.

How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)