For more information about The South Island Landless Natives Act (SILNA) and the work of Te Kooti Whenua Māori and updating the lists of potential owners for the four remaining SILNA Blocks Hāwea-Wanaka, Whakapoai, Port Adventure and Toitoi, please see our SILNA page.
My marae are Muru Raupatu at Bell Block and Waikawa Marae near Picton. My tipuna were part of the diaspora of Taranaki Māori in the 19th century, finally settling on Aropaoa Island in Queen Charlotte Sound.
Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906) The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Toitoi Land (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP15 10:15 AM AP-20240000001384 45/93, 44(1)/93, 47(4)/93 Louis (Mike) Harris CJ 2024/14 – Kararaina Tame Wiremu also known as Kararaina Beazley and succession orders made at 3 Kaikohe Succession MB 72-73 and 29 Kaikohe MB 40-41 on 8/12/1999 - Application to the Chief Judge SP16 10:30 AM AP-20230000027512 45/93 Clinton Hakopa Kati CJ 2021/36 - Te Toi Tuhakaraina also known as Moki Gillett or Moki Taikereti - and a succession order ma...
Public notice of the agency appointment has been organised: for the Gisborne Herald on 9, 10, 12, 16, 17 and 19 May 2023 for the Hawke's Bay Today on 10, 12, 15, 17, 19 and 22 May 2023 for the Wairoa Star on 9, 11, 16, 18 May 2023.
These regulations only apply to Māori land blocks that do not have existing trustees or which are not vested in a Māori incorporation.
I see the true survival of tino rangatiratanga, what else is on my island? I see the true survival of the Māori language and tikanga Māori, what else is on my island?
This year’s conference was attended by Chief Justices (or their representatives) from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
In 2011 he was appointed as a High Court Judge in Niue, in 2016 as a Justice of the High Court of the Cook Islands, and in 2018, as the Chief Justice of Niue.
If you or your whānau are on this list, please update your contact details with us to receive communications regarding the block. If any of your whanaunga are on the list and are deceased, we invite you to make a succession application.
Documents/SILNA/Working-List-of-Potential-Owners-Hawea-Wanaka-SILNA-as-at-25-May-2025.pdf (1.1 mb)
