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.
Taitokerau Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Whangārei, Auckland Venue Date Whangārei 17/02/2026 Kaikohe (Zoom) 18/02/2026 Auckland 26/02/2026 Kaitaia 11/03/2026 Kaikohe 12/03/2026 Auckland 17/03/2026 Whangārei 26/03/2026 Whangārei 27/03/2026 Auckland 9/04/2026 Kaikohe 16/04/2026 Whangārei 22/04/2026 Whangārei 23/04/2026 Auckland 7/05/2026 Kaitaia 21/05/2026 Kaikohe 22/05/2026 Whangārei 28/05/2026 Whangārei 29/05/2026 Auckland 11/06/2026 Kaikohe 19/06/2026 Whang...
Court It does Greg Shaw The other thing | wanted to note your Honour although we have indicated the costs would not fall on the owners of these lands | would like to make it clear that at this point in time the Maon Trustee hasnt recewved confirmation of funding by the Crown for this work nevertheless we are proceeding \We dont believe we can just delay any further to begin this work but | want to make it clear to the Court that at this stage the funding hasnt been secured for that additional w...
Documents/Landowner-notices/04145271_05549463_0060_0080_MIN.pdf (2.4 mb)
My tipuna were part of the diaspora of Taranaki Māori in the 19th century, finally settling on Aropaoa Island in Queen Charlotte Sound. My grandmother Pirihira was bought up in Waikawa, part of the extended Watson or Tahuaroa whānau.
This working List is comprised of successors to the 181 original beneficiaries who were allocated land on Rakiura under the ‘SILNA’ scheme. The South Island Landless Native Act 1906 was repleaded in 1909 without these 181 original beneficiaries having received their land.
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP15 10:15 AM AP-20240000001384 45/93, 44(1)/93, 47(4)/93 Louis (Mike) Harris CJ 2024/14 – Kararaina Tame Wiremu also known as Kararaina Beazley and succession orders made at 3 Kaikohe Succession MB 72-73 and 29 Kaikohe MB 40-41 on 8/12/1999 - Application to the Chief Judge SP16 10:30 AM AP-20230000027512 45/93 Clinton Hakopa Kati CJ 2021/36 - Te Toi Tuhakaraina also known as Moki Gillett or Moki Taikereti - and a succession order ma...
Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001. She has gone on to lead a number of Tribunal inquiries, including the Porirua ki Manawatū and Te Rohe Pōtae district inquiries, the Constitutional kaupapa inquiry, and urgent inquiries into claims concerning aquaculture and marine farming, Te Arawa Treaty settlement and mandating...
There are various other Acts which we operate under, including: Māori Purposes Act 1983 The Māori Purposes Act 1983 enables the Court to determine entitlements to Tītī Islands interests. Māori Purposes Act 1991 The Māori Purposes Act 1991 has limited powers extended to the Court in relation to the Wi Pere Trust.
Judge Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court in 2008 and is one of the resident judges in Waiariki, as well as a Presiding Officer in the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue and a Justice of the High Court of Cook Islands. Judge Coxhead’s 16 years of judicial service, and his extensive experience and knowledge of law and tikanga, will serve him well as he steps into his new position as Deputy Chief Judge.
This working list is comprised of successors to the 53 original beneficiaries who were allocated land between Lakes Hāwea and Wānaka (‘The Neck’) under the ‘SILNA’ scheme. The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 53 people having received their SILNA land.
