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”.
How-do-I-user-guides/Submitting-an-enquiry-v1-6.pdf (1.1 mb)
Any person appearing in the Māori Land Court, or in any court in New Zealand, can speak or file written documents in te reo Māori as a right under the Māori Language Act 2016. To support the use of te reo Māori in court, Judge Alana Thomas has created a kuputaka of legal terms in te reo Māori.
For a full explanation, please refer to either the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 | Māori Land Act 1993 or the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 SECTION DESCRIPTION 4/55 Governor-General in council may declare land to be a Māori reserve 6/1983 Determine succession to Titi Islands lands (order) 12/75 Determination of ownership of taonga tūturu found 18(1)(a)/93 Exercise general jurisdiction of court 18(1)(b)/93 Determine the relative interests of the owners 19/93 Application for inju...
Documents/Panui/Maori-Land-Court-National-Panui-September-2025.pdf (2.5 mb)
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust); Ownership Only (ownership interests in secondary property rights such as easements, birding, fi...
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Other status types As this update is specifically for Māori Customary Land and Māori Freehold Land it excludes the following land status types that fall within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court: Crown Land Crown Land Reserved for Māori General Land (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust) General Land Owned by Māori (which maybe vested in a Māori Land Trust); Ownership Only (ownership interests in secondary property rights such as easements, birding, fi...
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
THIRD SCHEDULE 10 (d) Is a payment required to be made to the Landowner(s) for the right to occupy? If so, specify the amount in this clause. 10 (e) Is there a period in which a house is required to be built or relocated to the site?
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-03-12-Example-Occupation-Order.pdf (150 kb)
In such circumstances it may be worth applying to Court to see whether the trustees can grant leases or licences for a term exceeding seven years, with rights of renewal for one or more terms, which may exceed 14 years in total.
If you prefer to search using Exact Match Search, simply click the toggle located at the top right-hand corner of the Management Structure screen.
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-management-structure-v1-7.pdf (2.1 mb)
Click the three dots to the right of the file name and then select “Download”.
How-do-I-user-guides/Download-a-Block-Transfer-Shares-Report-v1-4.pdf (2.5 mb)
Click the three dots to the right of the file name and then select “Download”.
How-do-I-user-guides/Download-a-List-of-Current-Owners-Report-v1-6.pdf (2.7 mb)
