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.
Searching with only
Land Block Name, or Ownership Type without a name may produce a large number of search
results.
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Step 6
When you have located the correct owner name and it is displayed in the Search results area,
click the name in the Owner name or Owner ID column to open the ownership information page.
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Search by Ownership
You can use the ownership search option if you know either the owner name, owner ID, block name, block ID, block
district, ownership category, ownership type, or a combination of the options.
Step 1
1.1 After logging into Pātaka Whenua as a registered user, on the left side click “Search” then “Block” – this will
take you to the BlockSearch
1.2 In the “Block Name” field, start typing the name of the block.
Guides to help search the court record in Pātaka Whenua
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Search by land block
You can search for information by using the name of the land block.
Records include:
o Lists of owners, the titles they own interest in and the value of the interest
o Rates schedules
o Correspondence between owners and the Court
o Consolidation orders
Amalgamation records: Amalgamation is when two or more Māori and/or General land
blocks were amalgamated to make one or more resulting blocks.
In some cases there
are hundreds of owners for one block or
title 1. When an owner dies, it is important
to transfer his or her interests to whoever
is entitled to receive those interests.