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.
Individual land ownership made it easier for settlers to buy and sell land.
Legislative changes affecting incorporations Effective from Waitangi Day, 6 February 2021 Register of interest and annual declaration Māori incorporations must establish and maintain an interests register for the Māori land held by the incorporation. The register will record, for each member of the management committee: details of member’s interest in the Māori freehold land incorporated; the dealings in the interests by the member; and declarations made by members.
For example: you can select Ruamata in the Land Block Name filter to show only these blocks.
Seeking Registered Owners MĀORI LAND BLOCK SECTION 2, BLOCK VII, ALTON SURVEY DISTRICT The Trustees of the Ahu Whenua Trust, who administer this Māori land block, are seeking to make contact with all registered owners.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Alton-Block-VII-Section-2-Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Panui.pdf (80 kb)
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.
The Tangata Whenua map shows tangata whenua-owned lands (ahuwhenua blocks) as well as marae and gazetted rohe moana that border the shoreline.
Income collected by a Māori land trust or incorporation is subject to income tax laws.
Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua Care for the land, care for the people, go forward Like the marae, Tū Atu is when manuhiri and hau kainga share kai (food).
