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You can submit your application online in Pātaka Whenua. 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.

Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court

This application will require the Māori Land Court staff to search the record for you. This process is known as a Part IV search and is provided free of charge • searching on the Māori Land Online (MLOL) database, available through the Māori Land Court website.

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

This application will require the Māori Land Court staff to search the record for you. This process is known as a Part IV search and is provided free of charge • searching on the Māori Land Online (MLOL) database, available through the Māori Land Court website.

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

The Māori Land Court of New Zealand All SILNA lands are located in Te Waipounamu Māori Land Court District.

Documents/SILNA/S113-29-93-Appln-to-Determine-Successors-for-SILNA-Lands-Hawea-Wanaka.pdf (407 kb)

For more information, please contact your local Māori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pānui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pānui / Te Pānui ā-Motu.

Documents/Panui/MLC-National-Panui-April-2025.pdf (2.2 mb)

For more information about Māori land matters, please contact your nearest Māori Land Court office.

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

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

Located in:  The court record

For more information, please contact your local Mäori Land Court office. Individual districts may mail out separate Pänui where 14 clear days notice is not provided in the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu.

Documents/Panui/MLC-National-Panui-October-2024.pdf (1.6 mb)

You can send your application to any of our district offices, though we recommend you send your application to the district where your whenua is located.

Located in:  Our application process Apply to the court

There was a complicated search for alternatives from around 1859-1862. In August 1862, the colonial government, led by Alfred Domett, brought a new Native Lands Bill before the House of Representatives, which was enacted as the Native Lands Act 1862.

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