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Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 53 people having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 MāoriLand Court in Te
Waipounamu on 9 September 2021.
AOTEA
PĀNUI
Contact Details
Office Aotea MāoriLand 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 Sitt...
APPLICATIONS
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court
For more information, go to maorilandcourt.govt.nz
Te Kooti Whenua Māori – MāoriLand Court (MLC) is the
New Zealand Court that hears matters relating to Māoriland.
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
January 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 12th of November 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the MāoriLand Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
January 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 12th of November 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the MāoriLand Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
January 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 12th of November 2025, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the MāoriLand Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down...
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 MāoriLand Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down...
For more information, go online to
maorilandcourt.govt.nz/your-maori-land/trusts-and-
incorporations
Māori trustee
The Māori trustee administers many Māoriland blocks and
distributes money to the owners.