SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP6 10:00 AM AP-20260000002998 58/93 Brian Paki,
MereNgaahei
Paki
An appeal by Brian Paki and
Merengaahei Paki pursuant to section
58 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
against the decision of the Māori Land
Court made at 291 Waikato Maniapoto
MB 101-145 on 29 October 2025
relating to Rangitoto Tuhua
33C3B4B1D2 Māori Reservation (Te
Hokingamai Ki Te Nehenehenui Marae
(Ōtewā Marae) – Notice of Appeal.
The most significant of these was the Mackay Commission of 1886-1887, which found that Ngāi Tahu as an iwi and its members had been left without a sufficient land base. 2 In 1892, the Crown agreed to make certain lands available to South Island landless Māori. 3 Judge Mackay and Percy Smith, the Surveyor-General, compiled a list of landless Māori in the South Island and assigned sections of land to them, assisted by Tame Parata. 4 By 1905, 142,463 acres had been allocated to 4,064 people. 5...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10:45 AM AP-20250000014097 29/93
113/93
455/1998
Marguertta
Speck
Henrietta Stewart - Succession to
Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block VIII
Lords River Survey District) – South
Island Landless Natives (SILNA)
Block
SP2 10:45 AM AP-20250000013182 29/93
113/93
455/1998
Lynda James Ellen Isabella Hamilton - Succession
to Toitoi Block (Crown Land Block
VIII Lords River Survey District) –
South Island Landless Natives
(SILNA)...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP1 10.00AM AP-20250000002440 239/93
338(7)/93
Frances Joan
Markowski
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Waipiro A41A Māori
Reservation
Replace Glen Edward Te Reo and
Sharon Harrison with Rākairoa
Tamati Maraki and William Lloyd
Donnelly as responsible trustees of
the Waipiro A41A Māori Reservation
SP2 10:00AM
AP-20240000014214
19/93 Kim West
Joanne Maraki
Waipiro A41A (Taharora Marae) –
Injunct...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP16 12:00 PM AP-20240000012053 113/93
117/93
Frances
Wilkinson,
Lillian Harris
He tauatanga ki a Mereana Harris
Succeed to the Māori land interests
of Mereana Harris also known as
Mary Ann Harris or Mere Harris or
Mary Harris or Mereana Moka or
Mary Ann Moka or Mere Moka or
Mary Moka or Mereana Ngahuka
Loza Moka or Ngahuka (Sugar Bag)
SP17 12:00 PM AP-20240000009568 113/93
117/93
Juanita Carol
Waimaria
Kereopa
He tauatanga ki a...
Whenua Māori governance
Describe your understanding of matters relating to trusts, incorporations, succession, marae
structures and governance, and Māori reservations issues.
Court It does
Greg Shaw The other thing | wanted to note your Honour although we have indicated
the costs would not fall on the owners of these lands | would like to make it clear that at
this point in time the Maon Trustee hasnt recewved confirmation of funding by the Crown
for this work nevertheless we are proceeding \We dont believe we can just delay any
further to begin this work but | want to make it clear to the Court that at this stage the
funding hasnt been secured for that additional w...
On 30 October 2015 we turned 150 and to mark that milestone we produced a publication called ‘He Pou Herenga Tangata, He Pou Herenga Whenua, He Pou Whare Kōrero – 150 Years of the Māori Land Court’ Our publication provides a detailed history of the origins of the Native Land Court and looks at the role of the Court over its 150 year history.
Understanding of the problems encountered by whānau in managing their whenua, for example,
issues arising in trusts, incorporations, marae structures and Māori reservations issues.
This application form has been modified specifically for use in determining the successors for South Island Landless Natives
(SILNA) Lands in accordance with Part 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement.
