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Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown LandBlock VIII Lords
River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906)
The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to
the Toitoi Land (Crown LandBlock VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of
Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
Most of the land set aside under the Act was transferred to the intended beneficiaries, but in 1909 the SILNA Act was repealed by the Native Lands Act before all the grants had been completed. 6 Also, the lands set aside under SILNA were of inferior quality, isolated, inaccessible, and often far distant from the traditional lands that had been taken under the earlier Crown purchasing. 7 Four of the SILNA blocks were not allocated and remain in Crown o...
Blocks pending internal review
In addition there is also a subset of blocks that are currently under review by the Court having been
identified as part of ongoing bi-monthly data matching work between Land Information New
Zealand and the Court.
Blocks pending internal review
In addition there is also a subset of blocks that are currently under review by the Court having been
identified as part of ongoing bi-monthly data matching work between Land Information New
Zealand and the Court.
The eyes were picked out of Aotearoa’s available landby successive Native Land Court regimes and rapidly converted to European land in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
A mortgage or loan may be acquired by:
the sole owner of a Māori landblock
all the owners of a Māori landblock acting together
the trustees of a Māori landblock who are empowered to raise finance against the block, or
a Māori Incorporation which holds Māori land.
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Māori Land Update –
Ngā Āhuatanga o te whenua
May 2023 | Haratua 2023
This update is issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar, Māori Land Court | Te Kooti Whenua Māori
as part of the ongoing efforts to help inform and assist owners, organisations and government
agencies about the characteristics of Māori Customary and Māori Freehold Land.
