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Land

How to find land information like deeds and crown grants, maps and plans, Māori Land Court Minute Books and Sāmoan land and titles.

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Searching land records

Guidance on searching for Wellington land information, like deeds and crown grants, maps and plans.

Whenua and Māori Land

How to find information about land blocks

Māori Land Court

This research guide covers records of the Māori Land Court Te Kooti Whenua Māori.

Searching Sāmoan land records

Guidance on searching our holdings for records relating to Sāmoan land

Land sale maps

Guidance on searching maps and plans that are useful for genealogists

State house plans

A short guide to the few state house plan records we hold

How to find public works plans

Find the public works plans we hold in our Wellington archive.

Understanding the Deeds Indexes

A short introductory guide to the Deeds Indexes held in our four archives

Otago and Southland land records

Find information about land in Otago and Southland. You can start with the name of a person and find the land they owned, or start with details of a piece of land and find its historic owners.

Land glossary - Dunedin

A guide to some useful land terms from our Dunedin archive

Auckland Land District deeds records

Learn how to find Crown grants and deeds for the Auckland Land District. You’ll find step-by-step instructions and examples for searching for digitised deeds indexes and deeds registers.