Search for Documents v5
You’ll be shown a summary screen of the information about that block of land including block shape if available and originated documents.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)
You’ll be shown a summary screen of the information about that block of land including block shape if available and originated documents.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)
Within this, you can click on the name of the block in green text to go to the block information page.
If you do not know the block name, you can search for this via the “Block Map” from the menu on the left side of your screen c.
The average size of a Māori land block is 52.5 hectares, with the smallest 10% of blocks averaging 80m2 and the largest 10% 468 hectares.
Information about whenua is generally held by the district office that is located closest to that land block. 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 l...
There will be a range of other factors that have held back the progress of such land blocks.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
TAKE NOTICE that Stephen Thomas Ball and Christine Anne Ball have made an application to the Māori Land Court at Whangārei for confirmation of a sale of Te Maika A7 block (RT 31346) (being 2425 square meters more or less) located at 102 Tutukākā Block Road, Tutukākā, Whangārei within the Taitokerau Māori Land Court district.
You can use the ownership search option if you know either the owner name, owner ID, block name, block ID, block district, ownership category, ownership type, or a combination of these.
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-an-ownership-v1-5.pdf (2 mb)
The court record holds information about current and historic ownership of Māori land, including block and trust information, minutes, and orders.
Under s 23 of the 1865 Act the Court could vest blocks of land in tribes, but only if the block was larger than 5,000 acres.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)