SHAREHOLDING A partition is normally based on valuation, not on land area. This prevents a person from getting more than a fair share by partitioning out a valuable part of the block and leaving the poor land for the remaining owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
Guides to help search the court record in Pātaka Whenua Rapu mā te poraka whenua Search by land block You can search for information by using the name of the land block.
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You can download and edit these PDF forms for the Māori Land Court and the Māori Appellate Court applications and email or mail them to us.
When you get there, click on submit enquiry. Ō mātou tari ā-rohe Our district offices Contact your nearest district office.
Ensure you can be seen on camera, with your head and shoulders in view.
The working list of potential owners was updated at a sitting of the Māori Land Court in Te Waipounamu on 26 April 2022, minute book 76 Te Waipounamu 246-311.
When you get there, click on submit enquiry. Haere mai Apply to the Court You can also make an application here.
Succession applications are ongoing. People on this list have been determined to be entitled successors to the original beneficiaries of the land.
Documents/SILNA/Working-List-of-Potential-Owners-Hawea-Wanaka-SILNA-as-at-25-May-2025.pdf (1.1 mb)
It takes its name from the place in the Bay of Islands where it was first signed, on 6 February 1840.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
