māorilandcourt.govt.nz Search by Ownership You can use the ownership search option if you know either the owner name, owner ID, block name, block ID, block district, ownership category, ownership type, or a combination of the options.
Documents/Troubleshooting/Search-for-Documents-v5.pdf (1.7 mb)
From the displayed options click on “Block”, which will open the Search block page.
How-do-I-user-guides/Download-a-List-of-Current-Owners-Report-v1-6.pdf (2.7 mb)
You can find "Total area of the block in hectares", "Total interests (shares) of the block", and Owners interests (shares) in the block" in Pātaka Whenua.
7A1 Takitimu 137 482749 Wharerangi 7A2 Takitimu 138 HBD4/779 Wharerangi 8C 1 Takitimu 139 HBW3/889 Wharerang 8C2A2A Takitimu 140 476201 Wharerang 8C2A2B Takitimu 141 HBG2/1055 Whenuakura No 4 Taktimu 118 Tairawhitit MB 80 TAKITIMU DISTRICT cont'd LINZ Ref Block Name Distnict | 142 HBG2/1056 Whenuakura No 5 Takitimu \
Documents/Landowner-notices/04145271_05549463_0060_0080_MIN.pdf (2.4 mb)
The idea was that an individual or a whānau could consolidate their shares across a large area and in a large number of blocks with many owners, down into a particular piece of land that they would call their own.
In other respects, as I will also explain, the engaged owners model is inherently problematic. The unengaged owners are not the problem the report imagines For a significant number of blocks of multiply-owned Māori land today, the engaged owners are a minority of the owners.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
For more information about The South Island Landless Natives Act (SILNA) and the work of Te Kooti Whenua Māori and updating the lists of potential owners for the four remaining SILNA Blocks Hāwea-Wanaka, Whakapoai, Port Adventure and Toitoi, please see our SILNA page.
Māori freehold land blocks often have many owners which have been decided by whakapapa (genealogy/connection) to that whenua.
If you know that Christopher's block is, for example, Ruamata , but aren’t sure how his name is spelt, you can enter Christoper Crbb into the Owner Name search field and Ruamata into the Land Block Name search field to narrow the results.
Hui-a-owners Hui-a-beneficiaries The Māori Land Court has directed that a hui-a- owners take place for the sole purpose of an Election of Trustees, for each of the following Māori Reservations: Whakapoungakau No 7A Whakapoungakau 7B2 Whakapoungakau 7C Whakapoungakau 7F Whakapoungakau 7G There will be five separate hui to elect trustees to each of the respective blocks.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Final-advert-Whakapoungakau-hui-final.pdf (115 kb)
