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The Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 came into force on 27 August 2025 introducing new ways for Māori landowners to take action around water service matters affecting whenua Māori. These include appealing decisions that allow water service providers to enter Māori land to do their work, and applying for charging orders if landowners have paid more than their share of water services charges on Māori freehold land held in multiple ownership.

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If a water service provider asks for the landowner’s permission to enter the whenua and there is a disagreement, the provider and landowners go through an internal review process try and find a solution.

Located in:  Māori land Disputes about Māori land

Mau hikaia! Mau hikaia! Te ahi e ko Rangi matua Te ahi e ko Papa matua Te ahi e Rangi, te ahi e Papa Tēnei te kaunoti tapu Hei hika atu mō te tipua Hei hika atu mō te tawhito Ka whakamaranga!

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No Surname First Name Abode 1 TE ARATUMAHINA Tini Kaiapoi 2 TE ARATUMAHINA Puake Kaiapoi 3 TE IPUKOHU Wi Pukere Kaikoura 4 TE KATI Anaha Kaikoura 5 RAKI Ruti Kaiapoi 6 RAKI Ria Kaiapoi 7 RAKI Te Ipu Kaiapoi 8 RAKI Toihi Kaiapoi 9 RAKI Purua Kaiapoi 10 RAKI Akiha Kaiapoi 11 RAKI Hamuera Kaiapoi 12 RAKI Wekipiri Kaiapoi 13 RAKI Apeta Kaiapoi 14 RAKI Hiria Kaiapoi 15 SPRING Toria Kaikoura 16 SPRING Takihi Kaikoura 17 SPRING Eparai...

Documents/SILNA/List-of-Original-Grantees-for-Hawea-Wanaka-with-notes.pdf (128 kb)

For information about your voting options, contact Election Services on 0800 922 822 or email info@electionservices.co.nz Information hui are being held around the motu during the voting period. Go to Te Arawhiti's website for dates.

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E iwa ā mātou tari puta noa i te motu. E tuwhera ana ā mātou tari i waenga i te 10am me te 4pm i ngā rā mahi.

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http://www.otago.ac.nz/te-tumu/staff/otago083475.html

Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2018-05-01-FS-Past-and-present-judges.pdf (356 kb)

Judge Te Kani Williams analyses how New Zealand's laws protect indigenous cultural heritage and customary rights, and poses the question - are they adequate?

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Kua pānuitia e te Kaiwhakawā Matua kua unuhia ngā tikanga KOWHEORI-19 mō ngā kōti katoa, whai muri i te whakatau a te kāwanatanga.

Located in:  Hui and court hearings News

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.

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