Whakapapa search tips

More than 3000 digital copies of records have been uploaded to our Flickr page.

These include photographs, artworks and paper files, and are arranged by themed albums. Albums that might be of interest to whānau, hapū, iwi and whakapapa researchers include:

• Te Ao Māori

• New Zealand Wars

On our YouTube channel you can watch, share or remix digitised material from the National Film Unit (NFU). Established in 1941, the NFU made government funded films until 1989, including the weekly newsreel Weekly Review, and the monthly feature Pictorial Parade.

Māori often feature in the films. Where possible iwi, hapū, marae and individuals have been ‘tagged’ and can be searched for in our playlists. “Te Ao Māori – The Māori World” will be most useful for whānau and whakapapa researchers.

Other related content on this site includes:

• Finding Māori in the New Zealand Wars

• Whenua and Māori land

• Ngā Tohu Wāhine and Te Tiriti o Waitangi

• He Tohu Rangatira - Māori Women & the 1893 Suffrage Petition

• Who were the rangatira who signed He Whakaputanga?

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi

Under the provisions of the Native Land Act 1909 Part IX, Te Kooti Whenua Māori / Māori Land Court was empowered to make adoption orders and these may be recorded in Māori Land Court Minute Books – for more information, see Māori Land Court.

If a reference to an adoption is located in a Māori Land Court Minute Book, you may then need to contact the relevant Māori Land Court district office where the actual adoption record is held.

Following the 1955 Adoption Act Māori Affairs Maori Welfare Offices reported on the adoption of Māori children and the orders were held in the Māori Land Court.

From 1963 all Māori adoptions hearings moved from the Māori Land Court to the Magistrates Courts.

Adoption Registers may also be found within the records copied from the Māori Land Court in 1990 for adoption registers. Restrictions apply.

Māori Affairs Department files contain some records relating to Māori adoptions. Adoption files can be found in the records of the District and Sub-Offices of the Department of Māori Affairs.

Access to these records is restricted. However, notifications of adoption were also published in the New Zealand Gazette from 1902 to 1956.

Copies of the Gazette are held at the National Library.

Details of Māori adoptions were also recorded in the Māori Gazette Kahiti and the New Zealand Gazette for the years 1902 to 1956, and brief information may be found there.

• New Zealand Gazette, 1930s includes: name of the adopting parent and adopted child.

• New Zealand Gazette, mid 1950s includes: order number, date of order, adopted child name and adopted name, sex, date of birth, adopting parent(s) name(s).

Copies of the Gazette are held at the National Library.

The Child Welfare Division of the Education Department also created one Māori adoption record:

Field Work – Other than State Wards – Maori Welfare – Adoptions 1923-1952 [ACGB 8300/4/15/2]

For permission to access restricted record lists or files please contact Oranga Tamariki Ministry for Children:

The registers held in Wellington come from small places ranging from Ahaura to Wharekahika. Our other offices may hold some local registers. These are listed on Archway and can be found through a search of the relevant court. A keyword search using 'birth register' and the area name may also bring up results. Restrictions may apply.

Under the Vaccination Act 1863 every child born in New Zealand was to be vaccinated within 6 months of birth. Local Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages acted as Vaccination Inspectors, recording vaccination details or exemptions for children born in their districts.

The Vaccination programme applied to Māori and European. The only preventative health programme carried out by the government before 1900 was the vaccination of smallpox, but this was prescribed sporadically.

The registers include entries for all children born in the district, whether vaccinated or not. In some cases, vaccination details were recorded in the Register of Births rather than in a separate Vaccination Register.

Vaccination Registers are arranged by number of entry in the Register of Births. They include the names of the child and parents, the child’s dates of birth and of vaccination, and the name of the medical practitioner. Most registers are indexed.

• Coromandel Register 1874-1888 [BACL 14408/1a]

• Hikurangi Register 1911-1915 [ABQU 15417/1a]

• Huntly Register 1894-1913 [BAHB 11180/1a]

• Onehunga Register 1903-1916 [AATJ 18110/1/a]

• Omaha Register 1893-1913 [AAAA 24593 A1781/1/a]

• Owhango Register 1912-1917 [BAHH 11124/1a]

• Te Awamutu Registers 1875-1921 [BACZ 24938 A1784/20/]

• Waihi Registers 1895-1915 [BAFV 13779/1]

• Waipu Register 1874-1915 [ABQU 15416/1a]

• Aorere Register 1905-1914 [AAPP 26320 W5973/215]

• Ashhurst Registers 1896-1921 [AAXX 21517 W5462/111-112]

• Blenheim and Wairau Registers 1881-1915 [ABYB 21714 W5445/188-190, 234, 299-300]

• Dannevirke area:

  • Norsewood Registers 1876-1913 [ABPQ W4287/100 & ABPQ W4287/101]

  • Wainui Registers 1887-1914 [ABPQ W4287/102]

  • Weber Registers 1897-1903[ABPQ W4287/103]

• Feilding Registers 1876-1919 [ABYD 25166 W5935/86-89]

• Masterton Registers 1873-1920 (gaps) [AAOF 22010 W5447/472 & 612]

• Mauriceville Register 1895-1916 [AAOF 22324 W5447/472]

• Napier Registers 1877-1921 [AAOW W3244/252-255]

• Nelson Registers 1874-1921 [AAPP 26319 W5973/213-214]

Christchurch:

• Charleston Register 1874-1910 [CAIF CH446/142]

• Mt Cook/Fairlie Record Books 1874-1917 [CAHY CH648/11 68-69]

• Timaru Registers 1890-1918 [CAHY CH24/147]

• Waimangaroa Magistrates Court (near Westport) Register 1894-1916 [CAIS CH620/6]

Dunedin:

• Balclutha Register 1892-1921 [DACM 20723 D443/316]

Most deaths did not generate a Coroner’s Inquest. Such an inquiry was normally held in cases of sudden death, where the cause was not immediately clear, or there was suspicion of foul play. Drownings were often not investigated by a Coroner.

Coronial files usually include statements by witnesses, legal and official documentation, and the Coroner’s verdict about the cause of death. The records held in Wellington cover the whole country and date from the 1840s to 2000, although early records are incomplete and access to later records is restricted for 50 years or 70 years.

Access

Access to Coroners’ Indexes and Registers is open, but access to Coroners’ Inquest Reports (files) dating up to and including 1978 is restricted for 50 years from date of registration to protect personal privacy. From 1979 onwards the files are restricted for 70 years from date of registration.

For permission to access restricted files, the first approach should be made to:

Microfilm 1888-1938

Coroners’ Inquest Reports/files dating from 1888-1938 have been microfilmed and are available in our Wellington office. [MICRO 5388-5592]

Microfilm 1963-1975

The Justice Department destroyed most Coroners’ Inquest Reports/files dating from 1963-1975, but copies are held on microfilm [MICRO 4907-5018]. A few originals, especially from 1971, are also held. The microfilms are listed on Archway and can be found using a name search.

However, the microfilms are held in cold storage and most belong to the restricted period, so they are not accessible. To access unrestricted Coroners’ Inquest Reports/files please contact us.

Probate files contain the documentation required for the granting of probate on a will, that is, for the legal administration of an estate after the death of a person.

We hold many probate registers and files. Each archive holds those for its region, except where Courts have retained their own records. Most of these can be found with a name search on Archway.

However, not everyone who left a Will has a probate record. A Will was probated if its value was above a certain level set by the government at the time. A Will not dealt with by the courts, usually because of the comparatively low value of the estate, was administered privately by a solicitor.

Wills were usually probated, within a few months of death, in the Supreme or High Court nearest to where the deceased person lived, though sometimes there was a delay. Occasionally a Will was probated in more than one court.

Up to about 1908 the old-style District Courts also administered Probates, so their records and those of Supreme Courts may need to be searched.

Wills of Māori could also be probated through the Māori Land Court (Head or District Offices). Others are in the records of Māori Affairs or Māori Trustee (Head or District Offices). See ‘Deceased Estates’ [AAMK 869] for example.

Up to about 1950, if a person died intestate (without making a Will) or if the Public Trust Office administered the estate, then the Will was probated in the Wellington High Court – for more information, see Identity.

Digitised Probates

Our probate files are currently being digitised as part of a joint project between Archives New Zealand and FamilySearch. In time, probate files over 50 years old will be made available online, free of charge, for searching, viewing, and printing, via the FamilySearch website. To search for digitised probate records, visit FamilySearch's probate search page. You do not need to have a FamilySearch account to access these records. For instructions on how to search probates see our Searching digitised probates guide.

If a Will cannot be located in the general probate system (above), it may be worth searching the Māori Land Court and Māori Trustee records. Wills relating to Māori were sometimes probated through those offices.

Te Kooti Whenua Māori - Māori Land Court

Before the Māori Land Court Act 1894 the Supreme Court had power to grant probate or letters of administration. This function then transferred to the Māori Land Court, giving them exclusive power to grant probate or letters of administration for Māori.

The Māori Land Court Amendment Act 1967 again changed these rules and jurisdiction to grant probate or letters of administration reverted to the Supreme Court. This took effect on 1 April 1968.

Māori Land Court registries still hold many Wills and Probates for Māori. The Auckland Supreme Court (Agency BBAE) records before 1894 include some Māori probates.

As with adoption records, although a reference to a Probate may appear in a Minute Book, the actual Probate record is held regionally by a Māori Land Court District archive.

The Māori Land Court in Wellington – Office of the Chief Registrar – doesn’t hold any court records but they can help you identify which office to contact:

Street address: Level 7, Fujitsu Tower 141 The Terrace Wellington

Postal address: SX11203 Wellington

Telephone: +64 4 914 3000

Email: mlcnationaloffice@justice.govt.nz

Te Tumu Paeroa

Records of the Māori Trustee also include some Probate and succession files, including a number of files that relate to deceased estates from the 1930s to 1993. Some can be found on Archway by name [AAMK 869 W3074/11/-]

Access to these records is restricted for 40 years from the date of file closure, or for 100 years from the date of the individual’s birth, whichever is longer. For access to restricted records, contact:

The Chief Executive

Te Puni Kōkiri / Ministry of Māori Development

PO Box 3943

Wellington 6140

Telephone: +64 4 819 6000

Email: info@tpk.govt.nz

Local bodies (Councils) have responsibility for cemeteries. Our Wellington archive only holds a few plans of Māori burial ground reserves and there may be the occasional cemetery plan in Lands & Survey Department records.

Māori burial ground reserves [ACIH 16036 1/21]:

• To search within series 16036 complete an Advanced Search on Archway.

• In the “Series” field enter ‘16036’

• In the “Keyword” field enter ‘burial’.

• Click “Search” or press enter to see the search results.

Aparima Census, 1852 (copy) in Murihiku Block, Aparima Reserve - The Papers of Horomona Paatu, Special File No. 16 [ACIH 16046 31/20a]

Census of Māori and Moriori, 1864 (in te reo; compiled by Captain William Esdaile Thomas; arranged by district; gives names and hapū) [ABGP 7532 W4900/1] and [REPRO 1715].

Another census was compiled by Captain Thomas in 1867, and the returns published in “A Report on the Chatham Islands by Mr Halse” – AJHR, 1867, pp. 7-8.

East Coast District Tribal Register (indexed), 1878. Organised by iwi, then hapū and place; gives name and gender, includes adults and children.

This has been digitised. Where possible iwi, hapū and places have been listed on the record page. [ACIH 16056/16/26]

Nelson District Census - Statistical returns of the Aboriginal Natives residing in the district of Nelson for the year ending December 31st, 1849 [ACHY 8954/5/2]

• Census of Native population, 1868, in “Schedule of Native Reserves in the South Island, etc"., pp. 63-96 (South Island and Stewart Island, names organised by place) [AECW 18692/19/19]

• South Island Census of Māori Landholders c1879

  • Part 1 – [ACIH 16074/8/13a]

  • Part 2 – Otago-Southland, is not held

  • Part 3 – [ACIH 16074/9/13b]

• Accounts and Papers – Schedule of Accounts and Papers laid upon table – Crown Grants issued to middle island half-castes, 1882 [AEBE 18507/200]

• Returns of Natives and half-castes in the South Island – those owning over 50 acres, those unprovided with land (Schedule F), those insufficiently provided with land (Schedule G), 1891 [ACIH 16079/1/5]

• South Island landless Natives Claims Register, 1889-1917 [ABWN 8923 W5278/88]

• South Island Landless Native – Alphabetical List of Owners, 1895 [ABWN 8923 W5278/1]

• Native Land Register South Island Landless Natives, c1900 [ABWN 8923 W5278/87]

• List of Awards to Landless Natives in the Middle Island, 1902-1930 (district, name, abode) [ABWN 8923 W5278/66] - (221.1 & 221.2)

• South Island Landless Natives, 1908 (includes many printed lists) [ACGT 18190/1365]

  • Landless Natives, South Island [ACGT 18190 1365/39876]

  • South Island Landless Native [ACGT 18190 1365/39882]

Return of Native population, Wairarapa, 1849 (lists iwi, marae, 16 principal rangatira) [ACFP/8217/35/[108]/1849/186]

Tribal Census of Te Aro, 1842 in Despatches from the Principal Agent, Wellington, 1842 (list of males, females and children in the area) [AAYZ 8971/2/2] - pp 192-200]

Census of the Native population in the district of Port Nicholson corrected up to the first of July 1842, in Edmund Halswell, Protector of Aborigines for the Southern District, to Colonial Secretary (organised by marae: Waiwhetu, Pitoni, Ngauranga, Kaiwharawhara, Pipitea, Kumutoto, Te Aro [Taranaki, Ngatiruanui] – gives names of women, men and children) [ACGO 8333 14/[14]/1842/1299]

Return of Native population, Whanganui River, 1851 (lists marae, iwi, hapū, principal rangatira, kaiako) [ACFP 8217/45/[58/1851/284]

Tribal Registers, 1877-1878, from the Upper Whānganui and Whānganui Districts are arranged by iwi, hapū and residence (lists by name, gender, adults and children) [AEDK 18743/2/3 & 3/4]

Māori Census (upper Whānganui River), c1874 (handwritten lists 'return of natives' by kāinga and other papers, with list of names for Ngatiterangita, Ngatihaunuiapaparangi / Ngatihau, Ngapoutawa / Ngatipongia and Ngatituhaka / Te Opekotia [as written]) [AEDK 18743/1/2]

Divorce registers and files are a useful group of court records which sometimes include a surprising amount of whānau information. These are held regionally in our four archives. Most divorce files are listed on Archway.

If a divorce is not listed on Archway, a search must be made in the index to a divorce register in order to find a file number. Since divorce registers apply to one court only, researchers need to know where the divorce took place, and an approximate date is helpful.

Access to registers and their indexes is open. Access to files is restricted for 60 years from the date of file closure, apart from to the couple involved – for more information, see Identity.

Probate records contain the documentation required for the legal administration of a will and an estate after a person’s death. Many wills relating to Māori were sometimes probated through Te Kooti Whenua Maori (Māori Land Court) and Te Tumu Paeroa - Māori Trustee. For more information, see our Identity guide.

Native and Māori Succession Order Registers are another possible source of information. From the Inland Revenue Department, these record payment of succession duties by successors or inheritors after a death. Only when this duty had been paid was the succession legally allowed.

The registers are indexed by the name of the deceased. They often contain the following details:

• Name of the deceased

• Names of successors, and usually where the property was situated

• Value of succession

• Duty assessed

• Date of payment

• Māori Land Court memo reference

The volumes include name indexes at the front, except for two volumes (1920-1926) for which separate indexes have been created [AAEC 658/1 & 2]

Access to pre-1921 registers is open. However, access to registers from 1921 onward is restricted under the Inland Revenue Act 1974, section 13.

Wellington

Wellington holds a national set of Native Succession Registers, 1911-1964 [AAEC 659/1-20]

Auckland

Registers of (Maori) Succession Orders 1887 – 1964 [BBCB 4243]

Under the Stamp Act 1875 every administrator of a will was required to file a statement, with either the District Commissioner of Stamps or Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, giving details of all personal property which belonged to the deceased at the time of their death.

After duty was paid the Commissioner would issue the grant of administration. This would be forwarded by the Registrar of the district Supreme Court, to whoever was entitled to receive it.

Access to pre-1921 registers are open. However, any registers that include entries from 1921 onwards are fully restricted. Copying is prohibited.

Auckland

• Auckland District 1876 – 1968 [BBCB 4208]

The Inland Revenue office in Gisborne holds the Gisborne Testamentary Registers.

Christchurch

• Testamentary Registers (Maori) - Native succession order registers, 1911-1956 [CATS CH291/22-25]

Dunedin

• Otago District 1876 – 1983 [DAGI 9010]

• Southland District 1895 – 1983 [CATS 18241 D477]

Wellington

• Nelson District Duty 1867 – 1969 [AAEC W4006]

• Wellington District 1876- 1962 [AAEC 611]

• New Plymouth District 1876 - 1916 [AAEC 18268]

• Taranaki 1867 - 1881[AAEC 18269]

• Napier/Hawkes Bay District 1876 - 1922[AAEC 6488]

• Wellington holds duplicate Testamentary Registers for the rest of New Zealand, 1876 – 1962 [AAEC 638]

People wrote to government for various reasons. A lot of the information in these records concerns their business with the Crown, but there are also many letters which contain personal information. They are of interest in various ways: researching te reo Māori dialects, family history, and local history. Topics include:

• Reports on disturbances between Māori and European settlers.

• Protests and petitions by Māori over land sales.

• Gaol reports, and petitions to be released from gaol

• Requests for assistance from the Colonial Secretary

• Series 8164: Letters from Māori to Donald McLean, the Agent for the General Government, Hawke's Bay.

Not all correspondence has been listed on Archway and letters in te reo are often only listed to box level. Registers and indexes can be used to search for these.

In the 19th Century and up to about 1913, most government departments recorded inward correspondence in Registers and Indexes, and these are held by us. Each inward letter was entered in a register and given a register number. Indexes are organised by name, while registers are organised by register number in date order and contain slightly more information. Both indexes and registers can be used to locate the correspondence files of a particular department.

The archives of the Māori Affairs Department, for example, contain a series of indexes and a series of registers, both of which refer to correspondence files.

• [ACIH 16036]

• [ACIH 16037]

• [ACIH 16038]

Unfortunately, much of the Māori Affairs inward correspondence for the later 19th Century (about 1868-1891) were either badly damaged or destroyed, along with other records, in the Hope Gibbons building fire in August 1952.

However, the pre-1913 indexes and registers still exist, recording the topics of missing letters. Like those for most government departments, they are available for public use in our Register Room in Wellington.

Other registers of interest

Register of Chiefs, dated about 1865. Entries give name, iwi, age and place of residence as well as a Pākehā assessment of the Chief’s character and behaviour. Organised by district, it covers most of the North Island and Nelson [ACIH 16056/15/25].

This medal was awarded to most British who served in New Zealand in the 1840s and 1860s. However, it was only awarded to colonial troops, including some Māori who fought for the Crown with the Māori Contingent, who applied and could prove they had come under enemy fire. Many files contain character references and information about the battles fought in.

Our Wellington archive holds an alphabetical New Zealand War Medal card index for soldiers who applied for or were awarded the medal. Many of the records that these cards point to have been listed and can be found with keyword searches on Archway, using a person’s name. Many soldiers' first names are entered by initial and with various spellings.

The New Zealand War Medal Card Index in the Wellington Reading Room may also note if a person is mentioned in Series 8638: Inwards letters and registered files of the Colonial Defence Office, the Militia and Volunteers, and the Defence Office. [AAYS 8638]

Also see our quick guide Finding Māori in the New Zealand Wars

Payment of the Māori Contingent 1866.

• A correspondence file which includes a return of kūpapa claiming pay for service during the late expeditions under Major General Chute. [AAYS 8638 CD1866/2815]

• Acquittance Roll of Wairoa and Mohaka Natives Who Took Part in the Waikare Expedition April 1869. Provides details of name, period of service and total amount paid [AAYS 8660/7/ 28/19].

• Maori War Pension Card Index [ABNU 6826]

Another list that may be of use is a 'Return of ill rebel natives who have subscribed to declaration of allegiance and delivered up arms from 5 February 1864 – 31 May 1864', published in the New Zealand Gazette, 15 June 1864, pp.267-270.

Copies of the Gazette are held at the National Library.

• Papers Relating to Māori Prisoners of War and their Guards on the Chatham Islands, 1866 – 1869 [AAAL 27198]

• Return of Maori Prisoners c1864.

  • A list of Māori prisoners taken at Rangiriri, Rangiaowhia, Ōrākau and elsewhere, aboard the Hulk ‘Marion’. Provides name of individual, tribe and remarks [AAYS 8661/71/5006]

• Medical Reports on Troops Engaged in the Maori Wars and on Maori Prisoners of War November 1863 to March 1864.

  • Weekly returns of sick and wounded Māori prisoners aboard the ‘Marion’. Lists diseases or illnesses suffered and describes condition of the patients but does not name individual patients [AAYS 8661/71/5009]

• List of Prisoners Taken at Rangiriri 1863

  • Organised by iwi [ACIH 16036 1863/383] [View on Flickr]

Individual personnel files cover the period of 1898 to 1920. We hold personnel files after 1920 only if:

• The person also served in WWI AABK 18805.

• The person was in the 28 (Māori) Battalion (WW2) and had a ‘Duplicate’ file brought to us AABK 18805. Access to these files is Restricted. His other file will still be with the NZDF Archive.

World War Two records and later, including Māori Battalion records held by the New Zealand Defence Force:

New Zealand Defence Force

Personnel Archives

Private Bag 905

Upper Hutt

Wellington 5140

Telephone: +64 4 527 5270

Email: personnel.archives@nzdf.mil.nz

Website: NZ Defence Force

We hold a number of records relating to the 28th (Māori) Battalion, within the World War Two archives. These and other World War Two records can be accessed by subject through the War History Branch card index in our Wellington Register Room.

Other records relating to the 28th (Māori) Battalion and the Māori contingent can be found in the archives of a number of different government agencies, including the Māori Affairs Department, Army Department, External Affairs Department, Army Department and Ministry of Defence and cover a variety of topics as follows.

• Embarkation Rolls March 1940 to June 1948 [AAYS 8657/ 9-24; MICRO 5076]

• Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, VC:

  • Personnel file [AAAL 18806 W478 D.202/12196]

  • Posthumous award of his Victoria Cross [ACGO 8333/171/70/4-6]

  • War art portrait [AAAC 898 NCWA 077]

Servicemen Rehabilitation files detail how individual servicemen returned to civilian life after their military service, and are a great source for family information [AADK 20203].

Because of privacy reasons these files are not automatically open. Researchers must first check if they need to gain permission to see the files – For more information, see our World War Two guide.

We hold film material relating to Māori and World War Two, particularly the commemoration and rehabilitation of soldiers. Reference copies of the following films can be viewed in the Wellington Reading Room or via our YouTube channel:

• Ruatoria – Ceremony in Honour of Māori VC. Weekly Review No. 112, 1943 [RV 454]

• Maori Battalion Returns. Weekly Review No.232, 1946 [RV 528]

• Wairoa – Maori Battalion rehab farm trainees. Weekly Review No.402, 1949 [RV 698]

• What’s Cooking in Korea, depicts Māori soldiers cooking a Christmas hāngi. New Zealand Mirror No.15, 1953 [RV 137]

Maori in the armed forces (includes Māori Battalion, Vietnam & Singapore) [AAMK W3495 Box 23 f-q]

Restrictions relate to copyright. You may view images, but not copy or publish them without permission.

Official War photography was taken by the War History Branch of Internal Affairs. This is held at the National Library.

There are many different lists of public service employees in New Zealand, and the majority have been published in some form or other.

There are a few earlier lists, especially from the AJHR (below). The annual lists date from 1913-1988 and copies are held in the Wellington Reading Room

Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives (AJHR)

The lists are found first under the code D 1866-1870, under G 1871-1872, and under H 1873-1875 and later. Please note that the number following the letter code varies.

For most years (1866-1875), the lists are alphabetical, except for lists of Māori in the Public Service which are roughly North to South. Editions up to the 1950s can be viewed online at PapersPast.

A number of personnel files for Māori Affairs Department/Iwi Transition Agency employees. Many of these are listed by name on Archway. They include:

• Native Interpreters

• Persons employed in the administration of Native Affairs

• Māori Affairs, registers of service of members

• Māori Affairs, personnel files (including senior officials and Māori Land Court judges)

• Schedule Classification Cards c1914-1982 – Iwi Transition Agency and Ministry of Māori Affairs

Restrictions

Access to Māori Affairs personnel records and records that contain information about an individual may be restricted. Please check the restriction status in the record listings.

For permission to access restricted records, researchers will need to apply to:

The Chief Executive

Te Puni Kōkiri / Ministry of Māori Development

PO Box 3943

WELLINGTON 6140

Telephone: +64 4 819 6000

Email: info@tpk.govt.nz

• Appointments in the court and an index to Assessors can be found in the records of Māori Affairs [ACIH Series 16051]

• Register of appointments in the Native Land Courts 1874-1890. Includes Judges, Officers, Assessors, Interpreters and Trust Commissioners, indexed [ACIH 16058/3/4]

• Māori Wardens, Waikato-Maniapoto – Register 1952-1989. Held in our Auckland archive [BBCZ 4407 A96520/d/2]