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In Pātaka Whenua, you can find information about your whenua, search the court record, make an application or enquiry online and pay the application filing fee.
Me tāuru koe i te Document name ki te pouaka i
whakaritea. Hei kōwhiringa anō, ka āhei hoki ki te pato i
ētahi atu kōrero mō te kōnae ki te pouaka Subject.
Please include as much information as possible in your enquiry. Names of whānau, trusts, and whenua and related documents make it easier for us to complete research and provide a quality response.
Upcoming trustee training
To enquire about or sign up for trustee training, please email us at mlc.trustee.training@justice.govt.nz and include:
full legal name
email address
contact phone number, and
application number (if any).
Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block 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 Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of
Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
The South
Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 53 people having
received their SILNA land.
The working list of potential owners was updated at a sitting of the Māori Land Court in Te
Waipounamu on 9 September 2021.
This practice note is subject to Part 16 of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 (Rules).
3. This practice note applies to the use of the Special Aid Fund by the Māori Land Court and
the Māori Appellate Court (Court).
Significantly, the substantive analysis of the perceived problems with the Act
amounts to three paragraphs beginning at the bottom of page 17:
The current regime governing Māori land is structured so that a number of decisions
cannot be taken by Māori land owners themselves because they are subject to
endorsement by the Māori Land Court.
