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Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court
Te wāhi: Ōtautahi
Te hunga kooti i reira:
Present
S F Reeves, Te Kaiwhakawā
M K Hickey,Te Karaka o te Kooti
Te rangi: 16 Āperira 2025
Te nama o te tono:
Application number
AP-20250000004825
Te kaupapa: He whakarerekētanga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o
Te Waipounamu
Rescheduling of Te Waipounamu court sitting venue
Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011:
3.8(1)(b)
Ngā kōrerorero:
Discussio...
Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court
Te wāhi: Rotorua
Te hunga kooti i reira:
Present
C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua
D Witoko, Te Karaka o te Kooti
I K Graham, Te Kairēhita
Te rangi: 13 Māehe 2025
Te nama o te tono:
Application number
AP-20240000014114
Te kaupapa: He whakarerekētanga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o
Waiariki
Rescheduling of Waiariki court sitting date
Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011:
3.8(1)(b)
N...
Te Kooti Whenua Māori
Māori Land Court
Te wāhi: Rotorua
Te hunga kooti i reira:
Present
C T Coxhead, Te Kaiwhakawā Matua Tuarua
D Witoko, Te Karaka o Te Kooti
Te rangi: 18 December 2024
Te nama o te tono:
Application number
AP-20240000014114
Te kaupapa: He whakarerekētanga ki ngā rā nohoanga i te rohe o
Waiariki
Rescheduling of Waiariki court sitting date
Te ture: Te ture o Ngā Ture o Te Kooti Whenua Māori 2011:
3.8(1)(b)
Ngā kōrerorero:
Discuss...
Pātaka Whenua
Our online portal
Visit Pātaka Whenua to find information about your whenua, search the court record, or send us an application or enquiry.
It includes:
Court files (the physical and electronic application file that holds all documents and correspondence about a matter in the Court)
Minute books (the physical copy of all conversations and decisions made by the Court)
Court orders (the decisions made by a Registrar or the Court)
Instruments of alienation (the legal tool used to make changes to a land block)
Block order files (the physical record of all dealings and decisions about a land block filed and held by the Court...
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 Māori land...
The benefits of an incorporation include:
the ability to establish and run commercial operations for maximum financial benefit to the shareholders
the application of a corporate model to the management of Māori land
autonomy from the normal Māori Land Court practices that apply to trusts, and
voting and resolutions by shareholders are based on the number of shares held, rather than the number of votes received.
Our Act provides various safeguards to ensure that Māori land may only be transferred by court order following an application to succeed, gift, or sell to the PCA. Ownership interests can only be transferred outside of the PCA if members of the PCA decline to apply for those interests.