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Legislative changes affecting incorporations
Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021
Register of interest and annual declaration
Māori incorporations must establish and maintain an interests
register for the Māori land held by the incorporation.
Whilst information about individual committee of management members is held by the Court, those names and contact information have been withheld
in accordance with the public register privacy principles of the Privacy Act 1993.
Pātaka Whenua Guidance
Registered User Guide
Date produced: 15 August 2023
Last modified: 13 December 2023
māorilandcourt.govt.nz
Registered User Guide
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court
Being a registered user means you can:
• Create and submit applications online
• Save and return to your incomplete applications
• Track progress on your applications
• Pay filing fees
• Submit enquiries
• Receive notifications on your applications and enquiries fro...
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In the Pātaka Whenua portal, you can submit an enquiry to the Māori Land Court whether
you are a registered or guest user.
After logging in, registered users are able to save, close, and come back to the enquiry submission
at a later time.
If you would like to register, the step-by-step guide Become a registered Pātaka Whenua user
is available to assist you in the Pātaka Whenua guidance area of the Māori Land Court website.
If you would like to register, the step-by-step guide Become a registered Pātaka Whenua user
is available to assist you in the Pātaka Whenua guidance area of the Māori Land Court website.
māorilandcourt.govt.nz 1
In the Pātaka Whenua portal, you can submit an application to the Māori Land Court
regardless of whether you are a registered or guest user.
After logging in, registered users are able to save, close, and come back to the application
submission at a later time.
If you would like to register, the step-by-step guide Become a registered Pātaka Whenua user
is available to assist you in the Pātaka Whenua guidance area of the Māori Land Court website.