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Pātaka Whenua Step-By-Step Guides
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Date produced: 25 July 2024
Last modified: 29 September 2025
You do not need to be a registered Pātaka Whenua user in order to search and access
ownership information.
Where required, information provided in this application will be included in resulting orders of the Court.
Checklist of documents required
• If you have already paid a lawyer or other person for work on the matter, a copy of account
• Memorandum addressing any matters required to be addressed by a practice note
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Ngā rori kāore i mahia, ngā rori “pepa” rānei
Unformed or “paper” roads
An unformed road, also known as a “paper road, is a roadway that's been ordered by the Court and drawn on a survey map but never constructed.
In 2005 the Government provided over $30 million over a five year period to fund the Māori Freehold Land Project in a joint venture between the Māori Land Court, LINZ, the Ministry of Justice and TPK to ensure the registration of all Māori freehold land titles and orders with LINZ. This project was completed in March 2010.
Most follow this general order when working through the online portal submission:
• Introduction
• Applicant Details
• Application Details
• Hearing Schedule (if relevant or other application specific section)
• Upload Documents
• Application Summary
• Payment
• Confirmation
At the top of the screen is a progress bar.
For the Māori Land Court, our focus is on being able to progress the successions as quickly as we can in order to update the lists of successors so that meetings of successors can be called.
E ngākau whakahī ana mātou kua tohua mātou ki te DVFREE TICK e Shine – he kaiwhakarato ratonga whakarekereke whānau mātanga mātāmua o Aotearoa, e whakaū ana he mea nui ki a mātou ā-whakahaere te whakarekereke whānau, ka mutu he kaupapahere pakari tā mātou hei tautoko i ā mātou kaimahi ka pā ki te whakarekereke whānau.