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Information about whenua is generally held by the district office that is located closest to that land block. 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 (name...

Located in:  The court record

Approximately 42 per cent of Māori land is not under any governance entity. In some instances this is because the land has only one or just a few owners, or because the land is unsuitable for any form of development and owners have decided to leave it in its natural state.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

When searching for ownership it will show: • Owners details • Block associated with that owner • Share amounts • Any Trusts if applicable 2.9 SEARCHING OWNERSHIP TIP: When looking for an owner put a “%” (wildcard) in between the first and last name.

Documents/Troubleshooting/Guest-User-Guide-v4.pdf (1.9 mb)

The project is reaching out to those Māori lands which do not have a trust or other management structure to administer their lands.

Documents/Landowner-notices/Notice-for-Mouri-Turoa-project-23-September-2023.pdf (209 kb)

While a number of the sessions were not directly relevant to our work in the Māori Land Court, all sessions were interesting and had aspects which made you think about the work we do and how we do our work.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

The changes affect all trusts, including Māori land trusts created through the Māori Land Court (such as ahu whenua, kaitiaki, and whānau trusts) and existing trusts established before the law came into force.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)

The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui: Whenua:   Waikouaiti Blk XII Township Subdivision XXVI Section 28 Date: Thursday, 17 July 2025 Time: 6 PM Venue: 78 Carroll Street Fern Hill, Dunedin Kaupapa: ·        Establishing an ahu whenua trust or appointing an agent or agents to represent the owners in negotiations about minor boundary adjustments ·   &nbs...

Located in:  Hui and court hearings Landowner notices

  If you know that Christopher's block is, for example, Ruamata , but aren’t sure how his name is spelt, you can enter Christoper Crbb into the Owner Name search field and Ruamata into the Land Block Name search field to narrow the results.

Located in:  The court record Guidance to search the court record in Pātaka Whenua

TAKE NOTICE that the Nigel Pedersen Family Trust has made application to the Māori Land Court at Hastings for confirmation of a sale of Lot 29 Deposited Plan 15949 block (being 0.0636 hectares more or less) located at 17 Te Paerahi Road, Pōrangahau within the Tākitimu Māori Land Court district.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings Landowner notices

The Establishment of an Ahu Whenua Trust; to assist owners to manage commercial uptake by Oakura 2 Incorporation and Tuatahi Farming. 2.

Documents/Landowner-notices/5.-Aotea-Notice-of-Hui.pdf (255 kb)