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The below tables provide a snapshot of information relating to the Māori Land Court caseload
from June 2022 to May 2023.
Figure [1] – Inflight case numbers by month and processing step (June 2022 to May 2023*)
* Due to the transition to Pātaka Whenua, reporting data is only available for the period until 31 May 2023.
It is possible to
establish a Māori reservation over one part of a block.
Purposes of a reservation
A reservation can be established for the following purposes:
• a village site • a marae
• a place of cultural, historical
or scenic interest
• a catchment area or other
source of water supply
• a sports ground • pā site
• a bathing place • a building site
• a church site • a landing place
• a spring • a fishing ground
• an urupā/burial ground • a well
• a timber reserve • wāhi...
If you or your whānau are on this list, please update your
contact details with us to receive communications regarding the block. If any of your
whanaunga are on the list and are deceased, we invite you to make a succession
application.
They cannot be finally appointed until a
gazette notice has been issued formally
establishing the Māori reservation.
1 In broad terms, land that is not Māori land
and is not Crown land (see next item).
2 The Crown refers to the Queen, who is
the head of state of New Zealand.
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.
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HĀWEA/WĀNAKA SILNA WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL OWNERS AS AT 9 SEPTEMBER 2021
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 Wanaka Survey District)
under Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
You can search the database using the following categories:
• Block
• Document
• Management Structure
• Ownership
Search by Block
You can use the block search option if you know either the block name, block ID, district, land status type, state, LINZ
title reference, or a combination of the options.