The intent of Pātaka Whenua is to allow land-
owners and other users to access the court record
The Whenua Māori programme and
Pātaka Whenua
Screen shot from the new Māori Land Court website
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Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pīra Māori Pūrongo-Ā-Tau Matariki 2022 – Matariki 2023
any time of the day and from anywhere in the
world.
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 land)
trust orders (names of trustees...
* Pātaka Whenua
– for block, owner and record information.
“Kia tautāwhitia te pae tāngata, te pae whenua
me te whare kōrero”
mailto:mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz
https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/en/contact-us/our-offices
https://www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz/en/contact-us/p%C4%81taka-whenua-our-online-portal/
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above blocks about the following hui:
WHENUA: Karikarirau, Huruaute, Te Kaha No 31, Te Koau 1 and Te Koau 2 blocks
TRUST: Te Koau Lands Trust
DATE: 30 May 2026
TIME: 9:30 AM registration 10:00 AM start
VENUE: Te Kaha Beach Hotel
3 Hotel Road
Te Kaha
ZOOM: Meeting ID: 851 0825 3828
Passcode: 024235
Kaupapa:
• Elect new (5) trustees
• Consider proposal for an occupation order...
On this page
Applying for succession
Succession application types
Succession and whāngai
Succession with no living descendants
Succession with a living husband, wife, or partner Māori freehold land can be owned by one owner or several owners and in some cases, there might be hundreds of owners in one block or title of land.
If any other person subsequently becomes a party to the proceedings the lawyer
appointed and engaged must, as soon as reasonably practicable, give an equivalent
notice to the new party.
9 Taueki v Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Māori Reservation Trust – Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Block [2019] Māori
Appellate Court MB 652 (2019 APPEAL 652) at [27].
AP-20240000003200 45/93 Karamea Insley CJ 2024/25 - Awanui Haparapara No.
1 Māori Reservation block and an
order appointing trustees made at 2
Conference MB 23-25 on 18/4/1996
- Application to the Chief Judge
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AP-20240000003255 45/93 Wairere Ormsby CJ 2024/27 - Iraia Rikihana Mita
Whakatau also known as Iraia James
Dixon or James Rikihana Mita
Whakatau and succession orders
made at 108 Waikato MB 186-188
on 5/5/2004 - Application to the
Chief Judge