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Pātaka Whenua Guidance
Guest User Guide
Date produced: 14 August 2023
Last modified: 14 December 2023
māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Guest User Guide
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court
You do not need to register in Pātaka Whenua to be able to access information or make an application or enquiry.
Why make this change?
Succession to Māoriland interests can be complex for whānau
and for whāngai, and Māoriland is often owned by members
of different whānau (with different views on whāngai
succession).
Kapohia ki te tuhirau, ki te reehuiringa
Preservation of the integrity of the record, the record will prevail As a court of record, our key purpose is to accurately document the succession and management of Māoriland. That information makes up the MāoriLand Court record, which is the legal and official documentation of land ownership of whenua Māori.
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted
changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify
the legal processes for owning, occupying and using
Māoriland.
Now, landowners and other court users can choose to resolve
disputes related to Māoriland through a free tikanga-based
dispute resolution service provided by the MāoriLand Court.
Your application will be considered ‘uncontested’ when:
• it has been notified according to the MāoriLand Court
Rules; and
• it has been published in the MāoriLand Court’s National
Pānui; and
• no one has objected to the application.
Te Āhei Atu ki Pātaka Whenua
Hātepe 1
I tō pūtirotiro tukutuku, haere ki te paetukutuku a Te Kooti Whenua Māori
www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz ka pāwhiri i te ripa kākāriki kei te wāhanga o runga, arā ko
“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
Ki te hiahia koe ki te rēhita, e wātea ana te aratohu Become a registered Pātaka Whenua user hei
āwhina i a koe i te wāhanga Pātaka Whenua guidance o te paetukutuku a te Kooti Whenua Māori.
Ka tonoa te pūrongo mai i te whārangi mōhiohio paraka.
Ki te hiahia koe ki te rēhita, e wātea ana te aratohu Become a registered Pātaka Whenua user
hei āwhina i a koe i te wāhanga Pātaka Whenua guidance o te paetukutuku a te Kooti Whenua
Māori.
Ka tonoa te pūrongo mai i te whārangi mōhiohio paraka.