These updates, made through the MāoriLand Court Amendment Rules 2026, are designed to make it easier for Māori landowners and whānau to engage with the Court and have their matters dealt with efficiently and fairly.
A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered to witness this transition through the blessing and official opening by Sir Derek Lardelli and his team of kaikarakia of Te Rā Tū, the new Tairāwhiti MāoriLand Court.
Judge Williams also has considerable experience in mediations in the employment law sector and through High Court appointments.
Kaiwhakawā Alana Thomas
Judge Alana Thomas is a Judge of the MāoriLand Court, appointed in 2023, and sits within the Aotea and Waikato-Maniapoto districts.
As a result, from time to time the MāoriLand Court receives applications to extend existing urupā, or to set aside Māori freehold land, or sometimes General land owned by Māori, as new urupā reservations.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
November 2025
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 September 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 do...
1
Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
December 2025
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 8th of October 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...
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 50 people
having received their SILNA land.
The working list of potential owners has been updated through applications to substitute
deceased owners on the list.
