She thinks this needs to be prioritised, and resources placed into facilitating engagement of successors in the various hui.Recent progress In 2018 Te Arawhiti, TePuni Kōkiri, and the Māori Land Court formed an officials working group to expedite the Crown’s progress on its outstanding obligations with respect to s 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Settlement Act.
The working list of potential owners was updated at a sitting of the Māori Land Court in Te
Waipounamu on 26 April 2022, minute book 76 Te Waipounamu 246-311.
In 2023, successors to the Hāwea-Wānaka block voted for interim representation, through a process facilitated by Te Arawhiti (Te Tari Whakatau) and TePuni Kōkiri.
Hokahōkai ana ō waewae ki te pakirau o tēnei whare,
Awhe mai ana ki te hau kāinga,
Ki te pou herenga tangata, ki te pou herenga whenua, ki te pou whare kōrero
Ki te pae o Te Kooti e.
Ko tētahi haepapa nui i ō mātou mahi
katoa, waihoki, ko te taura matua pea e herehere
nei te Kooti Whenua Māori ki TePuni Kōkiri,
ki te Tumu Paeroa, ki te Roopu Wakamana i te
Tiriti o Waitangi anō hoki, ko ā tātou mahi ki te
whakahoki i te whenua, ki te manaaki i te whenua
hei kāinga mō te iwi Māori.