The South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was repealed in 1909 without those 53 people having received their SILNA land.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.
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In accordance with tikanga Māori there is no distinction to be drawn between whenua (land) that is dry and land that is covered by the sea.
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/JWI-ACPECT-Presentation-2022.pdf (540 kb)
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HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SUBSTITUTE SILNA LAND WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 23 MAY 2025 The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Hāwea/Wānaka Substitute Land (Section 2 of 5 Block XIV Lower Wānaka Survey District) under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
Documents/SILNA/Working-List-of-Potential-Owners-Hawea-Wanaka-SILNA-as-at-25-May-2025.pdf (1.1 mb)
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).
Te Puna Manawa Whenua, the Māori Land Court Bench Book, serves as a reference for Māori land law and Māori Land Court decisions.
Documents/Articles/Maori-Land-Court-Annual-Report-Matariki-2024-Matariki-2025.pdf (16 mb)
This data only includes block information regarding Māori Customary, Māori Freehold and Aggregated Lands. It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2024-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-v2.xlsx (2 mb)
This data only includes block information regarding Māori Customary, Māori Freehold and Aggregated Lands. It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2025-06-30-National-List-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand.xlsx (2 mb)
This data only includes block information regarding Māori Customary, Māori Freehold and Aggregated Lands. It does not include information about Crown Land, Crown Land Reserved for Māori, Other, Ownership Only, General Land owned by Māori, General Land or blocks pending internal review.
Documents/Maori-Land-Data/MLC-2022-07-19-Maori-Land-in-New-Zealand-National-List.xlsx (2 mb)
