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Te Kooti Whenua Māori/ Te Kooti Pira Māori Pūrongo-A-Tau - Matariki 2023 - 2024 Pūrongo ā-Tau Te Kooti Whenua Māori Māori Land Court Te Kooti Pīra Māori Māori Appellate Court Matariki 2023 Matariki 2024 2 Māori Land Court / Māori Appellate Court Annual Report Matariki 2023 – Matariki 2024 Nau mai e te ao Haere mai i te pō Kuhu mai e te wairua Tū mai e te aroha Tū atu e te pono Hei arahi kia tika kia wātea kia ora...

Documents/Articles/MLC-Purongo-a-tau-te-reo-printer-version.pdf (16 mb)

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.

Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 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The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 53 people having received their SILNA land.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.

Documents/SILNA/SILNA-List-09-09-2021.pdf (896 kb)

Former Chief Māori Land Court Judge, who then became a Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land; Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as members of it.

Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)

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)

Use of this data should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer at https://www.justice.govt.nz/about-this-site/disclaimer-and-terms-of-use/ Header descriptions: Data Value descriptions: Headers Description Data Field Value Description District Māori Land Court District name Status Maori Customary Land Land which is still held in accordance with tikanga Māori the ownership for which has not been determined by the Māori ...

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2024-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xlsx (2 mb)

Use of this data should be read in conjunction with our standard disclaimer at https://www.justice.govt.nz/about-this-site/disclaimer-and-terms-of-use/ Header descriptions: Data Value descriptions: Headers Description Data Field Value Description District Māori Land Court District name Status Māori Customary Land Land which is still held in accordance with tikanga Māori the ownership for which has not been determined by the Māori ...

Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2025-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xlsx (2 mb)