Use of this data should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer
Header descriptions: Data Value descriptions:
Headers Description Data Field Value Description
DISTRICT MāoriLand Court District Abbreviation DISTRICT AOT Aotea District
BLOCKID Internal MāoriLand Court identification number for land block TKT Tākitimu District
BLK_NAME MāoriLand Court Block Description TTK Taitokerau District
ALT_BLOCK_NAME Alternative
It does not include information about
Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
It does not include information about
Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
This brought the MāoriLand Court record into the computer age with details of Māoriland blocks and their owners being accessible nationwide, without owners having to travel to the MāoriLand Court where the land was located to get information.
The drafters of the Act clearly
understood the dynamics of Māoriland and Māoriland owners.
Accordingly, under the Act the engaged owners presently make decisions about their
land through the legal structures of trusts and incorporations.
As a result, from time to time the MāoriLand Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
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 MāoriLand Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand
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 MāoriLand Court:
Crown Land
Crown Land Reserved for Māori
General Land (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand Trust)
General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a MāoriLand
Judges acting as mediators
Kaiwhakawā Wilson Isaac
Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu
Judge Wilson Isaac was appointed to the MāoriLand Court in March 1994. He was appointed as Deputy Chief Judge of the MāoriLand Court in 1999 and the Chief Judge of the MāoriLand Court, and Chair of the Waitangi Tribunal in August 2009.
