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APPLICATION TO DETERMINE SUCCESSORS FOR
SOUTH ISLAND LANDLESS NATIVES (SILNA) LANDS
Toitoi SILNA Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District)
The Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, Section 455(1);
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, Sections 29 and 113; and
The Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement, Clause 15.6.2
For more information, email mlcsilna@justice.govt.nz
Rule 4.2, 4.5, 1...
There are 38 original owners who all resided at Kawatiri.
Block name: Sections 1 to 7, 9 to 17, 19 to 28 and 31 to 33 Block I and Sections 1 to 4, 8 and 10 to 13 Block V Whakapoai Survey District (Whakapoai Land (South Island Landless Native Act 1906))
Block ID: 296781
Hectares: 647.4974
Shares: 1600
Poraka SILNA o Port Adventure
Port Adventure SILNA block
Port Adventure Block is located on Rakiura.
In 2017 an article in Te Karaka , Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu’s on-line magazine, noted: While work is almost complete on identifying successors for the Hāwea-Wānaka block, minimal mahi has been done for the Toitoi block and almost nothing for the remaining two blocks.
For more information about The South Island Landless Natives Act (SILNA) and the work of Te Kooti Whenua Māori and updating the lists of potential owners for the four remaining SILNA Blocks Hāwea-Wanaka, Whakapoai, Port Adventure and Toitoi, please see our SILNA page.
Original Grantees of the Hāwea/Wānaka SILNA Block
Note: Abode refers to the place of residence for the individual as listed in the Native Land
Register for the Wānaka Block 1895.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui:
Whenua: Section 9 Block XVI Waikawa Survey District
Date: Saturday, 7 June 2025
Time: 1 PM
Venue: South Otago Creative Arts Centre 142 Clyde St Balclutha
Kaupapa:
Election of new trustees to replace the existing trustees who have resigned or died.
Waiariki
PĀNUI
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
A Special Sitting
At Ōpōtiki
Ministry of Justice, District Court, 117
Church Street, Ōpōtiki
Tuesday 5 September 2023
Judge T M Wara Presiding
PANUI NO: TIME: APPLICATION NO: SECTION: APPLICANT: SUBJECT:
SSep1/1 10:20 AM AP-20230000023532 158/93,
164/93
Anthony
Selwyn
Insley
Awanui Haparapar...
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.
