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Rapu mā te tuhinga Search by document You can search for current and historical documents that are public record in the Māori Land Court.

Located in:  The court record

Hints and Tips • Court staff can’t search for a minute or judgment based on subject.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-Minute-Book-Abbreviations.pdf (470 kb)

OWNERSHIP SCHEDULE This is a list of owners for the block. On the paper record, it will also show in some cases a record of successions and the minute book record of this.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2023-Glossary-of-terms.pdf (278 kb)

Case Management Records 31 6.7. Records of Appeal and Review Processes 32 6.8.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)

Searching Māori Land Court records Before starting a search, get together as much of the following information about the deceased person as possible.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

Searching Māori Land Court records Before starting a search, get together as much of the following information about the deceased person as possible.

Uploads/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)

Near Match Search – this search will bring back search results on words that are close to the word you searched.

Located in:  The court record Guidance to search the court record in Pātaka Whenua

See the back page of this factsheet for contact details or go online to maorilandcourt.govt.nz/contact-us Searching Māori Land Court records Before a search, get as much information about the deceased as possible.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)

  Rapua a Pātaka Whenua Search Pātaka Whenua Search the court record online in Pātaka Whenua.

Located in:  The court record

Māori became very used to the Court and its methods of hearing cases and taking evidence. The Court recorded its evidence and judgments in large leather-bound folio books, the ‘Minute Books’, which today form a vast record of the Court’s proceedings.

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-150-years-of-the-Maori-Land-Court.pdf (11 mb)