The MāoriLandCourt In 2003, the Minister of Māori Affairs applied to the MāoriLandCourt for an inquiry pursuant to s 29 TTWMA as to successors to the four remaining SILNA blocks.
Former Chief MāoriLandCourt Judge, who then became a
Justice of the High Court, ET Durie provided the following analyses of the nature of Māori rights to land;
Maori see themselves not as masters of the environment but as
members of it.
Where the title to the land is held by a Māoriland trust or a Māori Incorporation, the
mortgage has to be sent to the MāoriLandCourt’s Registrar for noting (ss 150A and
150B of the Act).
The MāoriLandCourt is conducting an
inquiry to establish the successors to SILNA lands pursuant to Section 29, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 in accordance
with an application filled by the Minister of Māori Affairs, currently under application A20180009373.