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  2. Māori Land Court - Wikipedia

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    The definition of Māori land is provided by section 129 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The Act recognises Māori land as taonga tuku iho, a treasure to be handed down. The Māori Land Court promotes the retention and use of Māori land; and facilitates the occupation, development and use of that land. [14]

  3. Māori Trustee - Wikipedia

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    The definition of Māori land is provided by section 129 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The Act recognises Māori land as taonga tuku iho, a treasure to be handed down. The Māori Land Court promotes the retention and use of Māori land; and facilitates the occupation, development and use of that land. The Māori Land Court is the ...

  4. Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 - Wikipedia

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    Te Ture Whenua Māori Act replaced the Maori Affairs Act 1953 [4] and is administered by Te Puni Kōkiri (the Ministry of Māori Development). [5] Under previous acts, like the Native Act 1894, any communally owned Māori land could be converted to freehold land (sometimes automatically).

  5. Te Puni Kōkiri - Wikipedia

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    Housing and land development continued and both Māori and Pakeha benefited from the government's welfare state policies. In 1947, the department was renamed the "Department of Maori Affairs" at the initiative of Prime Minister Peter Fraser , who introduced legislation substituting the word 'Native' to 'Māori' government-wide.

  6. Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements - Wikipedia

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    Ngāi Tahu sought recognition of their relationship with the land, as well as cash and property, and a number of novel arrangements were developed to address this. Among other things, Ngāi Tahu and the Crown agreed that Mt Cook would be formally renamed Aoraki / Mount Cook , and returned to Ngāi Tahu to be gifted back to the people of New ...

  7. Waitangi Tribunal - Wikipedia

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    The hearing was heard by Maori Land Court Judge Miharo Armstrong along with Tribunal members Ron Crosby and Pou Temara. On the first day, Treaty of Waitangi lawyer Tom Bennion criticised the Government for its perceived "two-faced" approach towards Māori and seeking to undermine Māori customary marine claims. [ 59 ]

  8. Aotearoa - Wikipedia

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    Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) [1] is the Māori-language name for New Zealand.The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu – where Te Ika-a-Māui means North Island, and Te Waipounamu means South Island. [2]

  9. Māori and conservation - Wikipedia

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    For the Maori, the land was not merely a resource, but a connection to ancestors. [4] The mana of the tribe was strongly associated with the lands of that tribe. From this came the Maori proverb "Man perishes, but the land remains." The Maori beliefs included Atua, invisible spirits connected to natural phenomena such as rainbows, trees, or stones.