South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 (SILNA): past, present and future
20 Jan 2021 | NewsThe most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 peop...