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For help on how to search for a land block: You can watch the Search for a block video guide or read the Search for a block written guide.

Located in:  The court record

Search fields Your search results will be sorted by how closely they match your search terms.

Located in:  The court record Guidance to search the court record in Pātaka Whenua

How to access Pātaka Whenua as a Guest User. You can use the Guest User function for: • Block Map • Search • Block • Document • Management structure • Ownership • Submit an Enquiry • Submit an Application Step 1 1.1 Click “Pātaka Whenua – our online portal” tab 1.2 Scroll down and click on “here” to get straight into Pātaka Whenua māorilandcourt.govt.nz 1.3 On the left-hand side of the page you will see: Step 2 Search – when y...

Documents/Troubleshooting/Guest-User-Guide-v4.pdf (1.9 mb)

We’ve released four new short videos to help our users search the Māori Land Court record using  Near Match search in Pātaka Whenua.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

Step 1 1.1 After logging into Pātaka Whenua as a registered user, on the left side click “Search” then “Block” – this will take you to the Block Search 1.2 In the “Block Name” field, start typing the name of the block.

Documents/Troubleshooting/Download-List-of-Current-Owners-Report-v1.pdf (650 kb)

If death has been established at a previous hearing a further death certificate may not be required. 2 Names of immediate family members The information provided in question 5 helps the Court to search for land interests—any additional whakapapa could help the Court in its search. 3 Next of kin Where there is no will, next of kin for the purposes of succession are children of the deceased.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-21-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (919 kb)

If death has been established at a previous hearing a further death certificate may not be required. 2 Names of immediate family members The information provided in question 5 helps the Court to search for land interests—any additional whakapapa could help the Court in its search. 3 Next of kin Where there is no will, next of kin for the purposes of succession are children of the deceased.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-22-Application-for-succession2F.pdf (216 kb)

Also, remedies available to the Māori Land Court have been expanded. Benefits The Māori Land Court is better placed to assess the cultural implications of how interests in Māori land should be dealt with.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Amendments-to-Te-Ture-Whenua-Maori-Act-1993-December-2020.pdf (891 kb)

In a similar way to how the various Land Title Offices managed the registration of European land interests, district registry offices of the Māori Land Court managed the aggregation of information about title reconstruction and improvement activities differently.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

You may want to search our records, submit an enquiry, or talk to us in person.

Located in:  Our application process