South Island Landless Natives Act 1906

Toitoi (Stewart Island) Land Block - Determination of successors and interests.

Hāwea-Wānaka 

In November 2010, the Māori Land Court finalised its identification of the owners of one of the South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 (SILNA) blocks, the Hāwea-Wānaka substitute block. Currently, the Crown holds this land in trust for the owners and their descendants, but owners of the Hāwea-Wānaka Substitute block, as identified by the Māori Land Court, will need to decide how this land will be vested in the future.

VESTING THE HĀWEA-WĀNAKA SUBSTITUTE BLOCK
To confirm how the land will be vested, there are two key decisions that will have to be made:
1. Whether the land will be vested as Māori Land or General Land.
2. The manner in which the land will be held and who will look after the land – the owners or trustees.

To help you make these decisions, the Māori Land Court with the assistance of Te Puni Kōkiri, held a number of assembled owners meetings. Three preliminary hui were held in December 2011 to provide information to the owners of the Hāwea-Wānaka substitute block. Later, you will be notified about additional assembled owners meetings in which the owners will make the decisions listed above.

The preliminary hui were held in the following locations:

Sunday, 04 December 2011, 11am - Marlborough Convention Centre, 42 Alfred Street, BLENHEIM

Saturday, 10 December 2011, 11am - Murihiku Marae, 408 Tramway Road, INVERCARGILL

Sunday, 11 December 2011, 10am - Aoraki House, 76 Peterborough Street, CHRISTCHURCH

For more information on the Hāwea-Wānaka substitute block, please also see the following documents:

• Summary of Hāwea-Wānaka meetings December 2011
• Hāwaea-Wānaka SILNA Presentation
• SILNA FAQ
• Public notice of the information hui.
• Information sheet on the Hāwea-Wānaka land.
• The list of owners for the block.
• Section 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement.
• Part 15 of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.
• The Computer Freehold Register and maps for the Hāwea-Wānaka substitute block and surrounding blocks.
• Rating information on the Hāwea-Wānaka substitute block.
• Hāwea-Wānaka zoning restrictions.

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