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Pātaka Whenua is the online portal that holds the Māori Land Court electronic record, which includes minutes and orders.

Located in:  The court record

Pātaka Whenua, the Māori Land Court’s new online portal, launched in June 2023.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

Pātaka Whenua gives you the ability to search and access Māori land information, submit an enquiry and file a Court application from anywhere at any time.

Located in:  Māori land

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-an-ownership-v1-7.pdf (1.7 mb)

Pātaka Whenua Guidance Search for Documents Date produced: 8 December 2023 Last modified: 2 February 2024 māorilandcourt.govt.nz Search for Documents Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court You do not need to register in Pātaka Whenua to be able to access information or make an application or enquiry.

Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)

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/Become-a-registered-Pataka-Whenua-user-v1-9.pdf (1.1 mb)

māorilandcourt.govt.nz 1 In the Pātaka Whenua portal, you can submit an enquiry to the Māori Land Court whether you are a registered or guest user.

How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-enquiry-v1-6.pdf (1.1 mb)

Any applications completed outside of the Pātaka Whenua portal can be submitted to the Māori Land Court either in person, by post, or by email.

How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-application-v1-6.pdf (2.2 mb)

Judgments of the Māori Land Court are published in Pātaka Whenua, our online portal, and in the Ministry of Justice's decisions finder.

Located in:  The court record

We’ve released four new short videos to help our users search the Māori Land Court record using  Near Match search in Pātaka Whenua.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News