Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance
with the provisions of the MäoriLand Court Rules and they
may not necessarily be listed in this publication.
The introduction of Pātaka Whenua marked
the closing of MLIS (MāoriLand Information
System), the previous MāoriLand Court technol-
ogy system, which has served the court and land-
owners/users since 1999.
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• Can’t find an owner? Try all the different names they might be known by including
nicknames, married names, adopted, whāngai Māorinames, and names that may have
been spelt incorrectly.
It is recommended to search with at least the name criteria entered in. Using type, district, or
state without a name will find over 500 search results.
The search results will show with six columns:
• Block ID
• Block Name
• Alternate Name
• District
• State
• Land status type
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Click the document you want to view under the ‘Block ID’ column.
Accessing Pātaka Whenua
Step 1
In your web browser, visit the MāoriLand Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click
the green tab in the top right area labelled “Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
View/download the document to check.
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Step 7
Once you open the document information page, you will find several different sections including:
• document name and ID details,
• list of the document indexes,
• and the originated documents list.
What the videos cover
The videos show how to use Near Match search to find:
documents
ownership information
land blocks
management structures
Where to find them
All four videos are available on the Pātaka Whenua guidance page on our website, alongside other user guides and troubleshooting information.