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Accessing Pātaka Whenua Step 1 In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click the green tab in the top right area labelled “Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
Search results for "turn general land back into maori land"
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• Derivation search report • Historic record sheet • National Pānui • Special Pānui • Survey Plan • Judgment • Orders • Minute • Minute Book Index • Historic Ownership Schedule • Historic Memorial Schedule Accessing Pātaka Whenua Step 1 In your web browser, visit the Māori Land Court website www.māorilandcourt.govt.nz and click the green tab in the top right area labelled“Pātaka Whenua – our online portal”.
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-a-document-v1-8.pdf (2.2 mb)
MLC succession tereo
• tirohia te kohinga Māori Land Online (MLOL), ka taea i runga i te ipurangi a Te Kooti Whenua Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-tereo.pdf (1.2 mb)
Ngā kōtitanga
Court hearings
Sitting period Closing date for lodgements 10 - 14 November 2025 Wednesday, 6 August 2025 9 - 13 February 2026 Wednesday, 5 November 2025 11 - 15 May 2026 Wednesday, 5 February 2026 10 - 14 August 2026 Wednesday, 6 May 2026 9 - 13 November 2026 Wednesday, 5 August 2026 Ngā tono ki te Kooti Pīra Māori Māori Appellate Court applications to be heard Pānui Māori Appellate Court sitting 12 February 2026 Māori Appellate Court sitting 12 Februar...
Te pā whenua
Our application process
Ka hauiti i te Kooti, ka hauroa i te whenua Less time in the Court, more time on the land
Tū mai
Receive the outcome
At this stage in te pā whenua, the decision or outcome of the application will be actioned by carrying out a change in the land and/or landownership.
MLC title improvement tereo
TiTle improvemenT Te Ture Whenua MĀori acT 1993 Te WHAKAHoU TAiTArA Te Ture Whenua MĀori acT 1993 Ko te Kooti Whenua Māori te kooti o Aotearoa e rongohia ai ngā take katoa e pā ana ki ngā whenua Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-tereo.pdf (349 kb)
MLC incorporations tereo
Ngā Kaporeihana Māori, ko tēnei tētahi o ngā pukapuka ka tukua nei e te Kooti Whenua Māori hei āwhina i te hunga Māori - me te katoa e whai whakaaro ana ki ēnei take – kia mārama ai rātou ki ngā take whenua Māori o ēnei rā.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-tereo.pdf (949 kb)
MLC maori land trusts tereo
Kaitiaki Whenua Māori: He kōrero ārahi. Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā pukapuka o te Kooti Whenua Māori kua tuhia hei āwhina i te Māori – me te hunga e pīrangi ana ki te hōhonutanga o ngā take whenua Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-land-trusts-tereo.pdf (754 kb)
MLC maori reservations tereo
He rerekē anō te whenua rāhui Māori ki te papa rēhia Māori. Ko ngā papa rēhia Māori ka taka mai ki raro i te mana o te trust Māori me ngā Ture Whenua Tārewa Māori 1955.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-tereo.pdf (387 kb)