Improvements have been made to our web- site to better support users of Pātaka Whenua. New ‘How-do-I?’ guides providing step by step guidance are now available on our website on an updated Pātaka Whenua guidance page, as well as in hard copy in all our offices.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
Correspondence and reports received need to be disseminated amongst the trustees and whānau members and stored for safekeeping.
Where land is vested in trustees, the trustees own the land as legal owners on behalf of the beneficiaries.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
The order will then be written up in the Court title records if it affects land, and will be sent to any party who has to act on it, for example the Māori trustee if the Māori trustee has been ordered to pay money he/she is holding, or a Māori incorporation if the order affects shares in that incorporation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
Paneke Upcoming paneke Find out when the next paneke is coming to your area.
Kylee has served as a lecturer at the University of Waikato teaching Māori land law and Law and Societies and is a trustee of Community Law Waikato and the McCaw Lewis Foundation.
Pātaka Whenua Our online portal Visit Pātaka Whenua to find information about your whenua, search the court record, or send us an application or enquiry.
I am not aware that it is. Currently trustees of Māori land assume all of the duties and obligations of trustees at general law.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
TIP: There may be multiple results for one owner, the Block Name column may help you find the ownership you are looking for. 9māorilandcourt.govt.nz Step 7 Once you open the ownership information page, you will find name and ID details, the originated documents list (if entered), and four tabs below this with further information.
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-an-ownership-v1-7.pdf (1.7 mb)
(b) How is a mortgage registered against whenua Māori?
