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ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print)
ISSN 2463-3763 (Online)
www.mäorilandcourt.govt.nz
APRIL | PAENGA-WHÄWHÄ
2024
The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is
to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being
conducted in, and applications received by, the MäoriLand
Court.
The Act recognises that blocks of Māoriland are generally
owned by people connected to each other and to the land
through kin groups, such as iwi7 and hapū8.
The block appears under the “Search results”
1.5 Click the “Block ID” number to display the block page
https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/en/contact-us/p%C4%81taka-whenua-our-online-portal/become-a-registered-user-in-p%C4%81taka-whenua/
māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Step 2
2.1 On the block page, look to the top right and under “Actions”, select “Reports”
2.2 You will get this pop-up screen.
Accessing Pātaka Whenua
Step 1
In your web browser, visit the MāoriLand Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click
the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
On this page
Applying for succession
Succession application types
Succession and whāngai
Succession with no living descendants
Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title of land.
This brought the MāoriLand Court record into the computer age with details of Māorilandblocks and their owners being accessible nationwide, without owners having to travel to the MāoriLand Court where the land was located to get information.