There are 50 original owners who mainly resided at Kaiapoi and Kaikoura.
In 2023, successors to the Hāwea-Wānaka block voted for interim representation, through a process facilitated by Te Arawhiti (Te Tari Whakatau) and Te Puni Kōkiri.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi includes Hobson’s
signature on behalf of the Crown and as stated 543 signatures of rangatira, and is therefore legally the
‘document of significant signature’.
If you are interested in, or affected by, this application and wish to make submissions or
provide evidence concerning the application, you must notify the Registrar in writing by 4pm on the 1st of
November 2023 providing your name and address, telephone number and email address (if any) and setting
out your connection to the application and brief details of your concerns.
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HE TONO HEI WHAKAWHITI I TE TOIORATANGA, HE
TONO RĀNEI E WHAKATAU ANA I NGĀ PĀNGA O TE
TANGATA MŌ NGĀ RĀ O TŌNA AO
APPLICATION FOR TRANSMISSION BY SURVIVORSHIP OR
FOR DETERMINATION OF A LIFE INTEREST
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Sections 18(1)(a) and 127(2)
For more information visit www.māorilandcourt.govt.nzWHAT IS THIS FORM FOR?
He has specialised in
Māori legal issues including
Māori land law, Treaty settle-
ments, post-settlement gov-
ernance advice for iwi groups,
Waitangi Tribunal, and general
public law disputes and legis-
lative developments.
