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.
Both agencies are currently investigating these blocks which require significant research to rectify and they are included on the exclusion list pending final confirmation of their status.
Documents/Maori-Land-Updates/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Both agencies are currently investigating these blocks which require significant research to rectify and they are included on the exclusion list pending final confirmation of their status.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/Maori-Land-Update-2014.pdf (572 kb)
Māori land can be brought together or divided among its owners in several ways to be managed, developed, or used.
Where the default duties listed in Schedule 1 conflict with provisions made in Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, the duty has been amended or expressly excluded.
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 50 people having received their SILNA land. The working list of potential owners has been updated through applications to substitute deceased owners on the list.
Documents/SILNA/Working-List-of-Potential-Owners-Hawea-Wanaka-SILNA-as-at-25-May-2025.pdf (1.1 mb)
The new Mediation regime establishes a dispute resolution process based on tikanga Māori to assist owners of Māori Land to resolve disagreements and conflict about their land.
The Chief Executive of the Māori Land Court is required to record a list of persons who are approved as mediators.
HOW TO FILE AND COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION FORM (i) This form must be accompanied with the appropriate application fee (if any) and may be filed at any office of the Court (ii) Please ensure that all information required on the form is completed; (iii) Where tick boxes are provided please ensure you tick all those boxes that apply to your application, unless you are required to select one box, then only select the box that applies; (iv) You must supply a list of Respondents and/or...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-20-Certificate-by-administrator.pdf (263 kb)
NOTE: The list of affected parties attached must be completed in accordance with rule 8.2(2)(e) above MĀORI LAND COURT CONTACT DETAILS This application must be lodged with the Chief Registrar of the Māori Land Court in Wellington OFFICE OF THE CHIEF REGISTRAR Māori Land Court L7, Fujitsu Tower 141 The Terrace WELLINGTON DX Box SX11203 WELLINGTON PH:(04)9143102 Fax: (04) 914 3100 mlc.chief-registrars.office@justice.govt.nz Page 5 For more information visit www.māorilandcour...
