Registry

Owners and Shareholding Interests

The total number of shareholdings increased by 5,649 (2016 10,273) during the year, while the number of owner accounts increased by 1,250 (2016 3,931).

Owners and shareholding interests

Addresses Held – Live Owners

Maintaining the quality of our contact information for owners is a priority to meet our trustee obligations for reporting, consultation and payment of distributions.

This year, the number of owners with contact details increased to 48,046, this represents a slight percentage increase to 50% from previous years (49%).  New owner details are often difficult to find if the Māori Land Court is unable to supply them.

Contact status for owners

To reduce the number of clients we’re unable to contact, we regularly cross check records against other organisations’ data sources. This is to ensure that we have current postal addresses for clients.

Every two months, we use the Births, Deaths and Marriages data to update the status of owner accounts. We receive 5,000 to 6,000 records and, through cross referencing, identify around 45 records a month where the client is deceased.

We progressed our project to digitise Māori Land Court orders. We’re bringing 90,000 images and metadata into Pataka, our document management system. This means we’re one step closer to having all registry processes paperless.

Register maintenance