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...average 211 beneficial owners; • Blocks without a land management structure have an average size of 12.88 ha and average 41 owners; • Overall an average Māori land block has a size of 52.64 ha and 111 owners; and • The total number of allocated ownership records recorded in all blocks is 3,136.458 Māori Customary Land Titles: Rohe # Area (ha) Taitokerau 5 38.5573 Waikato-Maniapoto 14 48.2919 Waiariki 2 453.2479 Tairāwhiti 2 4.8688 Tākitimu 1 0.2124 Aotea 15 659.12...

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/2025-10-28-MLC-Maori-Land-Update-2025.pdf (229 kb)

Our kaimahi can answer pātai and provide printed application forms, ownership lists, and publicly available court records.

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Below this, there are four tabs you can click between for further information: • Ownership, • Documents, • LINZ details, • And Memorial schedules.

How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-block-v1-6.pdf (2.5 mb)

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 in Māo...

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• Derivation search report • Historic record sheet • National Pānui • Special Pānui • Survey Plan • Judgment • Orders • Minute • Minute Book Index • Historic Ownership Schedule • Historic Memorial Schedule Accessing Pātaka Whenua 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/Search-for-a-document-v1-8.pdf (2.2 mb)

...the given date or range • Check the register of decisions on the Māori Land Court website in the judgments section (www.maorilandcourt.govt.nz/legislation- decisions/) • You can find minute book references for different blocks or current ownership by searching our Māori Land Online website (www.maorilandonline.govt.nz) • If you still can’t find your minute – you may need to contact the appropriate Māori Land Court District office and ask if the manual registers can...

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)

...1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application for injunction 19(1)(a)/93 Issue injunction in respect of trespass or other...

Documents/Panui/March-2026-National-Panui.pdf (2.6 mb)

...1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application for injunction 19(1)(a)/93 Issue injunction in respect of trespass or other...

Documents/Panui/March-2026-National-Panui-v2.pdf (2.6 mb)

...1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application for injunction 19(1)(a)/93 Issue injunction in respect of trespass or other...

Documents/Panui/March-2026-National-Panui-v3.pdf (2.6 mb)

Protected Objects Act 1975 The Protected Objects Act 1975 has the power to determine ownership of any taonga tūturu found anywhere in Aotearoa New Zealand or within the territorial waters of New Zealand.

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