Hold a whānau hui
Meet with your whānau (in person or online) to discuss:
• why you want to form the trust
• who the trustees will be
• what land interests will be vested
2.
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Aotea Māori Land Court
Address Ingestre Chambers, 74 Ingestre Street, Whanganui 4501
Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui 4501
Phone (06)3490770
Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz
Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(Closed on Public Holidays)
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti
Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā
tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai
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Toitū te Whenua
Land Information New Zealand
Toitū te Whenua hold information about historical transfers, surveying titles, or land that has been converted to general land.
Step 1
In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click
the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
Freehold titles are often divided by partition order.
The land retains the status of Māori land. The status of the land will continue to
be Māori land unless and until the Māori Land Court makes an order changing the
status of the land.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
October 2025
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 13th of August 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inqu...
Pātaka Whenua Guidance
Download List of Current Owners
Report
Date produced: 5 October 2023
Last modified: 14 December 2023
māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Download List of Current Owners Report
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Below is a step-by-step guide on how to download a List of Current Owners Report on Pātaka Whenua as a
registered user.
If an owner with Māori land interests is deceased, and probate, letters of administration or an election to administer
the estate have been granted by High Court, or is to be obtained, you can use this form to seek a determination from
the Court as to those persons entitled to a deceased’s Māori Land interests and an order transferring the interests to
those entitled.