They are now recognised as representative of Māori owners utilising land for residential purposes in dealings with local authorities and have achieved fairer provision in district plans for the residential development of Māori land.
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.
1 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Māori Agribusiness in New Zealand: A study of the Māori Freehold Land Resource, March 2011; and Te Puni Kokiri, Ko ngā Tūmanako o ngā Tāngata Whai Whenua Māori – Owner Aspirations Regarding the Utilisation of Māori Land, April 2011.
This land is held in accordance with tikanga Māori, and unlike Māori freehold land, and there are no ‘legal owners’ of Māori customary land.
They can be constructed to access your land until they are closed and handed back to the owners of the surrounding land blocks.
Judge Terena Wara discusses how the Māori Land Court responded to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hui-a-owners Hui-a-beneficiaries The Māori Land Court has directed that a hui-a- owners take place for the sole purpose of an Election of Trustees, for each of the following Māori Reservations: Whakapoungakau No 7A Whakapoungakau 7B2 Whakapoungakau 7C Whakapoungakau 7F Whakapoungakau 7G There will be five separate hui to elect trustees to each of the respective blocks.
Documents/Landowner-notices/Final-advert-Whakapoungakau-hui-final.pdf (115 kb)
s.315-326 Application Checklist For Acceptance All applications MUST: Have all relevant sections of the form completed Be dated Be signed by the applicant(s) and/or Counsel Have applicant(s) full contact details: Contact address; Phone details: Home: Mobile: Email: Other: Where applicable have a statement of preferred place of hearing as opposed to District Where appropriate and applicable, have proper witnessing Appropriate fee or fe...
Uploads/Application-checklist-315_326-for-easement_roadway.pdf (313 kb)
If you know that Christopher's block is, for example, Ruamata , but aren’t sure how his name is spelt, you can enter Christoper Crbb into the Owner Name search field and Ruamata into the Land Block Name search field to narrow the results.
Te Kooti Whenua Māori is notifying all owners about the following hui.
