New Near Match search videos now available
18 Mar 2026 | NewsWe’ve released four new short videos to help our users search the Māori Land Court record using Near Match search in Pātaka Whenua.
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MLC title improvement english
an amalgamation can include general land 12 and Māori land. if it does, the resulting block will be Māori land.
MLC title improvement english
an amalgamation can include general land 12 and Māori land. if it does, the resulting block will be Māori land.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
He uiuinga whānui mā ngā kaiwhakamahi o Pātaka Whenua 2025
Pātaka Whenua (our online portal) – Court User Survey
01 Sept 2025
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We want to hear about your experience using Pātaka Whenua and your views on how it's working for you.
Kua whakatūria a Caren Fox hei Kaiwhakawā Matua o te Kooti Whenua Māori
Caren Fox appointed Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court
20 Jul 2023
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View the announcement from Chief Justice here .
Factsheet Succession for whangai web version
Why make this change? Succession to Māori land interests can be complex for whānau and for whāngai, and Māori land is often owned by members of different whānau (with different views on whāngai succession).
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Succession-for-whangai-web-version.pdf (172 kb)
Taonga tuku iho
The court record
However, there are some records that are only available for viewing in hard copy at our offices, and some that are too fragile to be viewed at all.
Te kimi i ō whenua
Find your land
Te uru ki te pūkete puka Access the physical record Read about the records that are available to view in hard copy. Toitū te Whenua Land Information New Zealand Toitū te Whenua hold information about historical transfers, surveying titles, or land that has been converted to general land.
MLC 150 years of the Maori Land Court
Although that was proper practice for ordinary courts of law, the Land Court was in Richmond’s view a different kind of institution: ‘the judgments of the Native Land Court are what are technically termed judgments in rem, which conclusively ascertain title against all the world’.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
MOJ0217.5E OCT21 Title Improvement
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.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)