You can now search for the following document types in Pātaka Whenua: • Derivation search report • Historic record sheet • National Pānui • Special Pānui • Survey Plan • Judgment • Minute • Historic Ownership Schedule • Historic Memorial Schedule • Minute Book Index • Orders Accessing the Portal Click ‘Pātaka Whenua – our online portal’ tab.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)
However, the reality was that some of our Māori Land Court staff were ill-equipped to do this due to both a lack of resources, and a lack of access to court records. While the Ministry of Justice tried to disseminate resources such as laptops and tablets, preference was given to the courts dealing with priority proceedings.
The special bond between Māori people and the land is recognised by the Māori Land Court, and the records held by this Court form an invaluable part of the whakapapa of all Māori.
Uploads/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
The special bond between Māori people and the land is recognised by the Māori Land Court, and the records held by this Court form an invaluable part of the whakapapa of all Māori.
Uploads/MOJ0217-v2.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
The special bond between Māori people and the land is recognised by the Māori Land Court, and the records held by this Court form an invaluable part of the whakapapa of all Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-Maori-Land-Trusts-May19-v2-WEB.pdf (166 kb)
Justice Joe Williams himself was the Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court before his appointment to the higher courts, and indeed the Chief Judge before him, the Honourable Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie, is also an alumnus. And although the records on the earliest Judges of the Court are often incomplete, it appears that Judge Hugh Fraser Ayson was the first VUW graduate to be appointed as a Judge of this Court.
You never rolled your eyes at my requests for help, you continued to listen, you continued to provide advice, you continued to offer words of encouragement and wisdom, and here we are, enjoying the fruits of your labour and the endless and all-embracing support you have shown me, with the knowledge that success is not the work of an individual but work of the many.
Is the concern that the Court registry maintains title records in addition to Land Information New Zealand maintaining the legal title?
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
There is a new requirement for Māori incorporations to record the details of the dividends paid to shareholders.
Where land other than Māori land is to be exchanged a full description of that land so as to enable it to be clearly identified together with particulars of all encumbrances recorded against the land Where any piece of land to be exchanged is only part of the land comprised in a title, a plan defining the piece to be exchanged.
