South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 (SILNA): past, present and future
20 Jan 2021 | News...traditional lands that had been taken under the earlier Crown purchasing. 7 Four of the SILNA blocks were not allocated and remain in Crown ownership today: Hāwea-Wānaka at Wānaka, Whakapoai by the Heaphy River, and Toitoi and Port Adventure on Rakiura. 8 The Ngāi Tahu Settlement Ngāi Tahu’s grievances concerning the SILNA lands were reported on by the Waitangi Tribunal in 1991 in the Ngāi Tahu Report.