The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following hui: Whenua: Section 9 Block XVI Waikawa Survey District DATE: Saturday 7 June 2025 TIME: 1.00PM VENUE: South Otago Creative Arts Centre 142 Clyde St Balclutha Kaupapa: • Election of new trustees to replace the existing trustees who have resigned or died
The Māori Land Court is a part of the Ministry of Justice, so any media enquiries must go through the Ministry's media centre.
On that island I see te iwi Māori walking proudly within their own Māori world and over their own land. So, I suggest to you now, if your vision of an island is similar to mine, we must grasp an oar and get on board this waka we share so that we can row together towards that island.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following meeting of assembled owners: Whenua: Otonga 3 DATE: Saturday 16 August TIME: 2 pm Chatham Islands time (1:15pm New Zealand time) VENUE: The Den, Norman Kirk Memorial Reserve, Chatham Islands Kaupapa: The Seymour whānau resolve to seek the full partition of the Otonga 3 block into 2 separate titles, as represented on the sketch plan provided.
The Māori Land Court is notifying all owners of the above block about the following meeting of assembled owners: Whenua: Otonga 3 DATE: Saturday 16 August TIME: 2 pm Chatham Islands time (1:15pm New Zealand time) VENUE: The Den, Norman Kirk Memorial Reserve, Chatham Islands Kaupapa: The Seymour whānau resolve to seek the full partition of the Otonga 3 block into 2 separate titles, as represented on the sketch plan provided.
The Tangata Whenua map shows tangata whenua-owned lands (ahuwhenua blocks) as well as marae and gazetted rohe moana that border the shoreline.
Income collected by a Māori land trust or incorporation is subject to income tax laws.
The Māori Land Court bench have released a practice note for lending money on whenua Māori.
The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 53 people having received their SILNA land.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.
Original Grantees of the Hāwea/Wānaka SILNA Block Note: Abode refers to the place of residence for the individual as listed in the Native Land Register for the Wānaka Block 1895. The correct number of Original Grantees for the Hāwea/Wānaka SILNA Block is 50.
Documents/SILNA/List-of-Original-Grantees-for-Hawea-Wanaka-with-notes.pdf (128 kb)
