Factsheet Simple and uncontested succession applications web version
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land.
In August 2020, the Government passed targeted changes to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 to simplify the legal processes for owning, occupying and using Māori land.
Your application will be considered ‘uncontested’ when: • it has been notified according to the Māori Land Court Rules; and • it has been published in the Māori Land Court’s National Pānui; and • no one has objected to the application.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
Now, landowners and other court users can choose to resolve disputes related to Māori land through a free tikanga-based dispute resolution service provided by the Māori Land Court.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Dispute-resolution-service-web-version.pdf (132 kb)
After Part 4 searches had been carried out at the Māori Land Court I learnt that in 1967 an uncle of mine had appeared at the Māori Land Court and had succeeded to some interests in the name of his mother and father (my grandparents).
Te Āhei Atu ki Pātaka Whenua Hātepe 1 I tō pūtirotiro tukutuku, haere ki te paetukutuku a Te Kooti Whenua Māori www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz ka pāwhiri i te ripa kākāriki kei te wāhanga o runga, arā ko “Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
How-do-I-user-guides/Te-reo-Maori/Search-for-a-block-v1-4-Maori-web.pdf (3.2 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. Ka tonoa te pūrongo mai i te whārangi mōhiohio paraka.
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. Ka tonoa te pūrongo mai i te whārangi mōhiohio paraka.
The Māori Land Court has had a controversial history.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)
Former Chief Māori Land Court Judge, who then became a Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land; Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as members of it.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
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)