This page covers both printed and microfilm land court records available in the Macmillan Brown Library.
Index to the Māori Land Court Minute Books
This index, from the University of Auckland, is now available on a computer in the Macmillan Brown Library. Please ask at the front desk if you need assistance in locating or searching this database.
A useful article: Herlihy, Brian. The Māori Land Court as a source of information. Archifacts June 1985, pp 45-48.
Printed Māori Land Court Records
Adoption Minute Book No. 1
Minute Book covers period 1956-1964
Adoption Register
Registers cover period 1902-1963
Library has v. 1-2
Appeals and Rehearings
Minute Book covers period 1908-1971
Appellate Court Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1941-1973
Library has v. 8-9
Assessor Matenga Māori Land Court Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1898-1900
Library has v. 1-8, 12-13, 16-18
Auckland Adoptions Minute Book
Minute Book covers period 21 Sept. 1962 to 27 Oct. 1965
Library has v. 1
Auckland Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1866-1905
Library has v. 1-10, 12-25
Bay of Islands Minute Books
Minute ooks cover period 1915-1962
Library has v. 1-38
Chief judge's Minute Books, Ikaroa District
Minute Books cover period 1923-1967
Library has v. 1-2
Consolidation Tai Tokerau Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1929-1960
Library has v. 1-13
Coromandel Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1865-1912
Library has v. 1-9
East Coast Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1956-1974
Library has v. 1-2
Gisborne Appellate Court Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1897-1960
Library has v. 8-9, 11-29
Gisborne Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1868-1965
Library has v. 1-73, 82-100, 119
Gisborne Recorder Booth
Minute Books cover period 1887-1900
Library has v. 1-3
Gisborne Register of Applications to the Trust Commissioner
Register covers period 1880-1894
Library has v. 1-3
Gisborne Trust Commission Minute Book
Minute Books cover period 1882-[?]
Library has v. 1
Gisborne Trust Commission Minute Book
Minute Books cover period 1877-1901
Library has v. 1-12
Gisborne Trust Commission Minute Book - Original
Covers period 6th December 1870 to 30th August 1878
Hauraki Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1865-1964
Library has v. 1-78
Hokianga Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1915-1962
Library has v. 1-30
Judge Brabant's Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1886-[1889?]
Library has v. 1-3
Judge Mair's Notebook
Minute Book covers period 1895
Library has v. 1
Kaikohe Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1963-1964
Library has v. 1-2
Kaipara Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1865-1962
Library has v. 1-20, 22-32
Kaitaia Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1962-1965
Library has v. 1-2
Lake Waikaremoana Crown Appeal Minute Book
Minute Book dated 1944
Library has v. 1
Levin Appellate Court Minute Book
Minute Book covers 9th-16th March 1892
Library has v. 1
Mahurangi Minute Book No. 1
Minute Book covers January 1866
Library has v. 1
Maketū Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1867-1911
Library has v. 1, 3-31
Maniapoto-Tūwharetoa Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1903-1909
Library has v. 1-3
Māori Land Court, Ikaroa District, Chatham Island Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1870-1983
Library has v. 1-5
Māori Land Court, Ikaroa District, Nelson Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1883-1967
Library has v. 1-12
Māori Tribal Index of Waikato
Library has v. 1
Mercer Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1886-1965
Library has v. 2-5, 7-43
Moerangi Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1907-1909
Library has v. 1-3
Mōkau Waitara Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1882-1907
Library has v. 1-2
Mokoia Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1916-1945
Library has v. 1-3
Murupara Minute Book
Minute Books cover period 1913-1915
Library has v. 1
Napier Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1866-<1990?>
Library has v. 1-2, 4-7, 9-50, 52-120
Ngatitamainu Minute Book No. 1, Hamilton
Manuscript dated 3rd July 1889
Northern Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1865-1962
Library has v. 1-47
Nūhaka Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1957-1960
Library has v. 1-2
Ōpotiki Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1957-1960
Library has v. 1-47
Ōrakei Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1868-1869
Library has v. 1-2
Otaki Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1866-<1974>
Library has v. 1-44, 46-78
Ōtorohanga Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1886-1966
Library has v. 1-87
Papatipu Block Committee's Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1904-1905
Library has v. 1-3
Papatipu Block Minutes of Hearing
Minute Book covers year 1904
Library has v. 1
Porangahau Rehearing
Covers period 18 July to 18 August 1887
Poverty Bay Commission: Minutes Taken at Gisborne
Minute Books cover period 29th June 1869 - 10th August 1869
Probate register No. 1
Minute Book covers period 1890-1905
Rotorua Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1865-1965
Library has v. 1-31, 34-85, 87, 89-100
Ruatoria Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1957-1970
Library has v. 1-10
South Island Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1915-1965
Library has v. 1-13, 15-40
Sub Commissioner Brooking, Gisborne
Minute Books cover period 1897-1906
Library has v. 1-2
Sub Commissioner W.A. Thorn & Sub Commissioner J. Brooking Wairoa Minute Book
Minute Book covers period 1897 to 1900
Library has v. 1
Taheke Minute Books
Minute Books cover the period 1885-1898
Library has v. 1-6
Taihape Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1917-1925
Library has v. 1-2
Tairawhiti District Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1905-1956
Library has v. 2-19
Taitokerau Conversion Minute Book
From the Taitokerau Maori Land Court district
Library has v. 1
Takitimu Confirmation Index
Minute Books cover period 1872-1914
Library has v. 1-2
Taranaki Adoption Minute Book
Minute Book covers period 1956-1963
Taranaki Alienation Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1957-<1976>
Library has v. 1-8
Taranaki Māori Land Court West Coast Settlement Reserves Applications etc.
Manuscript date 1 May 1963
Library has v. 1 Part 1
Taranaki Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1870-1964
Library has v. 1-80
Taupō Minute Books
Minute Books covers period 1867-1972
Library has v. 1-48
Tauranga Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1878-1965
Library has v. 1-28
Te Ikaroa District Māori Land Board Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1909-1951
Library has v. 2-4, 6, 8, 10-11
Te Kaha Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1910-1937
Library has v. 1-6
Te Puke Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1914-1929
Library has v. 1-3
Tokaanu Alienation Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1957-1961
Library has v. 1-2
Tokaanu Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1910-[1974?]
Library has v. 1-12, 45-53
Tokerau Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1902-1919
Library has v. 1-6
Tolaga Bay & Waiapu Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1880-1881, 1888-1889
Library has v. 1-2
Tolaga Bay Minute Book Recorder Booth
Minute Book cover period 1893-1900
Library has v. 1
Tolaga Bay Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1956-1968
Library has v. 1-6
Trust Commission Register
Minute Book covers period 1896-1899
Trust Commissioner Minute Book
Minute Book covers period 1893
Urewera Appellate Court Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1912-1913
Library has v. 1-2
Urewera Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1899-1923
Library has v. 1-7
Waiapu Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1876-1965
Library has v. 1-4, 6-11, 13-32
Waikato Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1866-1911
Library has v. 1-13, 16, 26-35
Waikato Maniapoto district adoptions Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1955-1969
Library has v. 1-2
Waikato-Maniapoto district Confirmation Register
Minute Book covers period 1905-1917
Waikato Maniapoto district Consolidated Orders
Minute Book covers period 1929-1941
Waikato Maniapoto Succession Order Book
Minute Book covers period 1882-1889
Wairarapa Minute Book
Minute Books cover period 1866-1966
Library has v. 1-40
Wairarapa Minute Book Hone Heke Native Appellate Court
Minute Book dated 1904
Wairoa Minute Books
Minute Books cover 1867-1965
Library has v. 1-3, 5-20
Wanganui Alienation Minute Books
Minute Books cover <1964-1974>
Library has v. 5-7
Wanganui Minute Books
Minute Books cover 1866 (1974)
Library has v. 1-34, 129-137
Wellington & South Island Appellate Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1907-1960
Library has v. 1-8
Wellington Appellate Minute Book 8A. Lake Waikaremoana
Minute Book dated 1944
Wellington Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1868-1964
Library has v. 1-47
West Coast Settlement Reserves Minutes and Orders Book
Date on first page 11 June 1963
Whakatāne Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1881-1922
Library has v. 1-20
Whangārei Minute Books
Minute Books cover period 1865-1965
Library has v. 1-28
Whareroa Blocks Compensation Minute Books
Library has v. 1
Microfilm
Minute books [microfilm] : Māori Land Court
25 film reels
Microfilm of part of the Māori Land Court ms. records held by National Archives, Wellington.
Library has MLC items: 10-18, 85-86, 89-90, 374-384, 531.
These relate to the following areas:
Wairarapa (17v.)
Wellington (8v.)
South Is. (37v.)
Nelson (11v.)
Chatham Is. (4v.)
Napier (1v.)
Covers period from 1880s to 1960s.
Microfilm 80/35.
