We also made improvements later in the court process, deploying additional resources to complete and distrib- ute court orders reducing the number of outstanding orders by more than half.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
You can visit one of our offices to view: current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses orders made by the court or a Registrar – including: title orders (creating Māori land) trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust) succession orders (names of successors to an estate) vesting ord...
Absolute interests are not subject to any other restrictions or orders (not in a trust, not a remainder interest or a life interest).
The court record holds information about current and historic ownership of Māori land, including block and trust information, minutes, and orders.
This is referred to an ‘order of payment’. Payment orders are often made during a succession, when we become aware that money is being held.
Pātaka Whenua is the online portal that holds the Māori Land Court electronic record, which includes minutes and orders. In Pātaka Whenua you can search and access Māori land information, make an enquiry and file an application from anywhere at any time.
Please ensure you allow plenty of time for your request to be considered, as your application will not be lodged with the Court until a decision on your request has been made.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Document-A1-request-remittal.pdf (1.4 mb)
Your application will not be processed until request to waive/reduce/refund the fee has been approved.
Select “List of Current Owners Report”, your preferred format, and then click “Download” māorilandcourt.govt.nz 2.3 Once you have clicked “Download”, it will say at the top in green that you have requested the List of Current Owners Report. Make sure that you take note of the “reference code” Step 3 3.1 Now on the left side of your screen, click “Background Tasks” 3.2 In “Background Tasks”, you will see your List of Current Owners Report request here....
Documents/Troubleshooting/Download-List-of-Current-Owners-Report-v1.pdf (650 kb)
Although subject to Official Information Act requests, your personal information will not be released.
