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You can still submit and pay for your application online without registering, you just won’t be able to save it and come back to it later or track the progress of your application.

Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court

This brought the Māori Land Court record into the computer age with details of Māori land blocks and their owners being accessible nationwide, without owners having to travel to the Māori Land Court where the land was located to get information.

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Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court (MLC) is the New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māori land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.1E-OCT21-Maori-Land-Trusts.pdf (341 kb)

S Overall, an average Māori land block has a size of 53.06ha and 114 owners.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2023-Matariki-2024.pdf (11 mb)

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.

How-do-I-user-guides/Te-reo-Maori/Download-a-List-of-Current-Owners-Report-v1-6-Maori-web.pdf (2.7 mb)

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.

How-do-I-user-guides/Te-reo-Maori/Download-a-Block-Transfer-Shares-Report-v1-4-Maori-web.pdf (2.5 mb)

This trust order is drafted to allow the trustees to purchase land, but not to sell it. That is because most Māori trusts focus on retaining land.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)

You can find information about your whenua and other Māori land from a variety of sources.

Located in:  Māori land

Some people become landowners when a whānau member transfers land to them by gift or sale. The Maori Land Court will ‘vest’ the land interest by way of a vesting order.

Located in:  Māori land Becoming a landowner

The introduction of Pātaka Whenua marked the closing of MLIS (Māori Land Information System), the previous Māori Land Court technol- ogy system, which has served the court and land- owners/users since 1999.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2022-Matariki-2023.pdf (11 mb)