HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SUBSTITUTE SILNA LAND WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 23 MAY 2025 The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wānaka Survey District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
Documents/SILNA/Working-List-of-Potential-Owners-Hawea-Wanaka-SILNA-as-at-25-May-2025.pdf (1.1 mb)
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 53 people having received their SILNA land. The working list of potential owners was updated at a sitting of the Māori Land Court in Te Waipounamu on 9 September 2021.
On that island I see te iwi Māori walking proudly within their own Māori world and over their own land. So, I suggest to you now, if your vision of an island is similar to mine, we must grasp an oar and get on board this waka we share so that we can row together towards that island.
1 Notification of applications that remain outstanding in the office of the Chief Registrar, Wellington February 2026 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 10th of December 2025, are hereby notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for in...
This is the narrative of a piece of land in Te Tau Ihu – Aorere. It sets out how Judge Reeves dealt with an application for accretion and for determination of ownership, where ownership records had not been maintained for over 100 years.
Some people become landowners when land is gifted or transferred to them.
By application to the Māori Land Court to provide notice of the following hui: Whenua: Omuturangi 7C3 Date: Saturday, 21 March 2026 Time: 11:00 AM Venue: Hawera Library, 121 High Street, Hāwera 4610 Zoom: Meeting ID: 946 7045 6816 Kaupapa: To consider a 10-year lease to Richard Muller (Haybarn Farms Limited) from 21 February 2024 Establishment of an Ahu Whenua Trust Election of trustees Trust terms For further information please contact Aotea Māori Land Court on...
By application to the Māori Land Court to provide notice of the following hui: Whenua: Omuturangi 7C2 Date: Saturday, 21 March 2026 Time: 2:00 PM Venue: Hawera Library, 121 High Street, Hāwera 4610 Zoom: Meeting ID: 946 7045 6816 Kaupapa: To consider a 10-year lease to Richard Muller (Haybarn Farms Limited) from 21 February 2024 Establishment of an Ahu Whenua Trust Election of trustees Trust terms For further information please contact Aotea Māori Land Court on 0...
Appointment of Māori Trustee as Agent for specified unadministered lands to assess damage from Cyclone Gabrielle.
AOTEA PĀNUI Contact Details Office Aotea Māori Land Court, Ingestre Chambers Address 74 Ingestre Street Mailing address DX Box PX10207, Whanganui Phone 06-3490770 Email mlcaotea@justice.govt.nz Office hours Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Closed on Public Holidays) He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai Special Court Sitting The f...
