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If you would like to register, the step-by-step guide Become a registered Pātaka Whenua user
is available to assist you in the Pātaka Whenua guidance area of the Māori Land Court website.
The report is requested from the Ownership information page.
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Legal terms used for Māori land
Term used to describe landowners
Terms used in succession
Terms used in landownership
Types oflandownership Terms used for Māori land
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act provides legal definitions for different types of Māori landownership.
Freehold titles are often
divided by partition order. The land retains
the status of Māori land. The status of the
land will continue to be Māori land unless
and until the Māori Land Court makes an
order changing the status of the land.
3 A change ofownership ofland gives the
recipient of that interest the ownership and
its associated rights (land may be vested
in a trustee, or sh...
Freehold titles are often
divided by partition order. The land retains
the status of Māori land. The status of the
land will continue to be Māori land unless
and until the Māori Land Court makes an
order changing the status of the land.
3 A change ofownership ofland gives the
recipient of that interest the ownership and
its associated rights (land may be vested
in a trustee, or sh...
Freehold titles are often
divided by partition order. The land retains
the status of Māori land. The status of the
land will continue to be Māori land unless
and until the Māori Land Court makes an
order changing the status of the land.
3 A change ofownership ofland gives the
recipient of that interest the ownership and
its associated rights (land may be vested
in a trustee, or sh...
How can we make a difference with the development of Māori land? We know that there are thousands of acres of undeveloped Māori land, thousands of acres of Māori land with no governance structures and thousands of small Māori land blocks with hundreds of owners that have governance structures but are struggling and underutilised.
Rapu mā te kaipupuri whenua
Search by landowner
You can search for whenua that you have an interest in to learn more about the whakapapa of the whenua and the whānau. You can find information on:
the current list of landowners of the block
when a person became a landowner, who they inherited whenua interests from and the type oflandownership they have
the previous landowners and line of succession, or whakapapa of the whenua...
Other status types
As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the
following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust);
Ownership Only (...