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Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 gives the Māori Land Court the jurisdiction to consider this claim. [6] Without limiting any rights of the High Court to make determinations, the Māori Land Court may declare the particular status of any land. [7] For the purposes of the act, all New Zealand land has one of six statuses: Māori customary land
This type of trust was first legally developed as a part of the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act (1993), however similar structures have been in place since the Maori Affairs Act (1953), where they were known as 438 Trusts [2] Ahu Whenua Trusts are the most common form of administration for agricultural Māori land in New Zealand. [2]
The Māori Land Court (Māori: Te Kōti Whenua Māori) is the specialist court of record in New Zealand that hears matters relating to Māori land.. Established in 1865 as the Native Land Court, its purpose was to translate customary communal landholdings into individual titles recognisable under English law.
The website is now one of New Zealand's most popular Māori news and information web portals. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In early 2009, the company began developing digital communication strategies for Maori organisations, including web development projects for the Māori Party , Mana Movement , Te Arawa Group Holdings, Te Arawa River Iwi Trust, Tuhoe ...
Foreshore and seabed, Aboriginal title, Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 Ngati Apa v Attorney-General was a landmark legal decision that sparked the New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy . The case arose from an application by eight northern South Island iwi for orders declaring the foreshore and seabed of the Marlborough Sounds Maori ...
Ahi kā or Ahi kaa (burning fires) is a principle in Māori culture, referring to take whenua (land rights) through visible occupation and use of land. Ahi kā is one of the traditional means to establish mana whenua (authority over land). Extensive continuous occupation is referred to as Aki kā roa.
In 1962, the council was created by the Maori Welfare Act. [1] The act was renamed to the Maori Community Development Act by the 1979 Maori Purposes Act. [2] [3] The council often acts as the legal entity representing groups of iwi and hapū, and offers a forum for them to act collectively. [4] [5] [6]
This Act empowered the Māori Trustee to convert any outstanding fixed term leases to leases in perpetuity. The legislation continued to allowed to Māori Trustee to acquire uneconomical interests or purchase any interest that the beneficiary or beneficiaries in question wished to sell, and to sell that land under such terms as the Trustee saw fit.