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We’ve released four new short videos to help our users search the Māori Land Court record using  Near Match search in Pātaka Whenua.

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Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori Land Court Bench Book, serves as a reference for Māori land law and Māori Land Court decisions.

Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)

Māori Land Court A GUIDE TO OUR MINUTE BOOK ABBREVIATIONS MLC-FS1- Māori Land Court Minute Book Guide – 10/05/2017.

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

Pātaka Whenua Guidance Download List of Current Owners Report Date produced: 5 October 2023 Last modified: 14 December 2023 māorilandcourt.govt.nz Download List of Current Owners Report Te Kooti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court Below is a step-by-step guide on how to download a List of Current Owners Report on Pātaka Whenua as a registered user.

Documents/Troubleshooting/Download-List-of-Current-Owners-Report-v1.pdf (650 kb)

Use this form to request a confirmed search of interests that may be held in the name of any deceased person who may have interests in Māori Freehold Land.

Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-19-Application-search.pdf (597 kb)

Special fixtures are arranged and advertised in accordance with the provisions of the Māori Land Court Rules and they may not necessarily be listed in this publication.

Documents/Panui/FINAL-Panui-National-March-2025.pdf (1.8 mb)

Awaiting Administrative Action Page 2 of 56 Quarterly Schedule of Outstanding Applications aged over 6 months old held by Māori Land Court or Māori Appellate Court as at 28 February 2023 Produced pursuant to rul 5.11 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 A20200013412 26/11/2020 CJ 2020/55 - Hemi Nai Tairua or Hemi Tairua - and a succession order made at 1 Kaikohe MB 31-33 on 30 January 1963 - Application to the Chief Judge 45/93 Ashton Eugene Tairua 1.

Documents/5-11-reports/2023-02-28-Notification-of-Applications-Over-6-months-old-in-MLC-MAC-combined-compressed.pdf (2.1 mb)

Ngā Karere News 31 July 2026 | News Te Ratonga Whakatau Wenerau o Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Dispute Resolution Service Our expanded dispute resolution service is now live and accepting applications. 16 July 2026 | News Fast-Track Trustee Appointment and Replacement Process The Aotea Māori Land Court has been trialling a Fast-Track Process for appointing and replacing trustees of Māori land trusts. 24 June 2026 | News N...

  Ngā whakataunga a te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court judgments Find judgments of the Māori Land Court in the Ministry of Justice decision finder.

Located in:  The court record

Build understanding of Māori Land Court processes 2. Review an application pathway and requirements 3.

Documents/Paneke-Notices/MLC-Information-Seminar-TPK-Manukau-July-2026-v2.pdf (565 kb)