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Our kaimahi can answer pātai and provide printed application forms, ownership lists, and publicly available court records.

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It simply means that GIS will bring the written data about the land to life in picture form. Your land will be brought up in front of you.

Located in:  Who we are Our judges Judges' corner articles

The court record holds information about current and historic ownership of Māori land, including block and trust information, minutes, and orders.

Shareholdings have become highly fractionated. Ownership lists grow exponentially generation by generation.

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Landowners or representatives of the New Zealand Transport Agency or local council can apply for the returned ownership of a closed or stopped road to the original landowners.

Located in:  Māori land Use your land

Our team committed many hours of overtime to entering new applications into Pātaka Whenua and progressing applications towards resolution.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

If you’re not sure which application form to complete, you can find more information about different types of applications in our Whenua section.

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Applications that do not have a prescribed form in the rules must be completed using this form.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-1-General-application-v2.pdf (113 kb)

HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and be filed with the Registrar in the District in which the land is located; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to select one box, then only select the box that...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (110 kb)

HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee and can be filed with the Registrar in any office of the Court; (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Please read the notes at the end of this form; (iv) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to...

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (121 kb)