By 1845, the Nelson settlement officially amounted to about 151,000 acres, but rather than 15,100 acres being reserved as promised, the area amounted to less than 3,000 Left: Grave of Tāmati Pirimona Marino at Aorere urupā.
The Crown purchase agents had promised that Ngāi Tahu would be left with ‘ample reserves’ to live on. That was not the case and Māori in the South Island were left without land and without sufficient resources to take care of themselves and their whānau.
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: DATE FILED: SECT...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP2 11:15 AM AP-20250000004872 18(1)(a)/93 Tohi Mason Whānau Trust He whakataunga a te kooti mō tētahi kerēme e whakatauhia ana nō wai te whare ki runga i a Section 18 Block VIII Gore Survey District Decision of the court to determine a claim to a house on Section 18 Block VIII Gore Survey District Te Waipounamu PĀNUI
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:45 AM AP-20250000014097 29/93 113/93 455/1998 Marguertta Speck Henrietta Stewart - Succession to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) – South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) Block SP2 10:45 AM AP-20250000013182 29/93 113/93 455/1998 Lynda James Ellen Isabella Hamilton - Succession to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) – South Island Landless Natives (SILNA)...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: DATE FILED: SECT...
Documents/Panui/Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar-October-2026.pdf (552 kb)
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: DATE FILED: SECT...
For further information, please contact the Office of the Chief Registrar in Wellington, quoting the appropriate application number at: Physical address: Postal address: L7, Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON WELLINGTON Phone: 04 914 3102 Fax: 04 914 3100 Email: mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz STEVEN DODD Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court 2 APPLICATION NO: DATE FILED: SECT...
Documents/Panui/November-2026-Notification-of-Applications-in-Office-of-Chief-Registrar.pdf (620 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP1 10:00 AM AP-20230000027427 45/93, 47(4)/93, 44(1)/93 Hirini Pakia Manihera (Jnr) CJ 2010/85 - Motatau 3P, Motatau 5X and Ngati Hine H2B blocks - against the Ngatihine Amalgamation Orders made at 50 Whangarei MB 268-294 on 23 December 1974 and the Motatau 3P2 Partition Orders made at 57 Whangarei MB 80-81 on 13 October 1980 - Application to the Chief Judge SP2 10:20 AM AP-20240000003200 45/93 Karamea Insley CJ 2024/25 - Awanui...
Documents/Landowner-notices/9-June-2026-Panui-DCJ.pdf (154 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP6 10:30 AM AP-20240000008672 231/93 Rowallan Blk XIV Sec I Ahu Whenua Trust Trustees He arotakenga i te Rowallan Blk XIV Sec I Ahu Whenua Trust Review of the Rowallan Blk XIV Sec I Ahu Whenua Trust SP7 10:30 AM AP-20240000008673 239/93 Gloria Henderson He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Rowallan Blk XIV Sec 1 Ahu Whenua Trust Replace Myra Manihera (deceased), Jan Davenport, Paul Grace and Meihana Tainui (resigne...
Documents/Panui/1.-Special-Te-Waipounamu-20-November-2024.pdf (150 kb)
