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In 1953, the government under Prime Minister Sidney Holland introduced the Maori Affairs Act to enable the use of what was called "unproductive Māori land". Applicants to the Māori Land Court could apply to have land vested in trustee ownership. The Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 introduced compulsory conversion of Māori freehold land with ...
The Act was abolished under the Māori Affairs Amendment Act of 1974, led by minister of Māori Affairs, Matiu Rata [14] In November 2024, Tens of thousands of people gathered at New Zealand's parliament in Wellington, following a nine-day hīkoi, to protest the Treaty Principles Bill. Opponents of the bill argue it undermines Māori rights and ...
The Maori Land Act 1993 provides for gender equality in the control and use of land and resources. [58] In terms of non-land assets, there are no restrictions on their equal rights to property, regardless of marital status. Women also have the equal right to financial services pursuant to the Human Rights 1993. [11]
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).
As a result of the Tribunal's report into the claim, in 1987 the government made Te Reo Māori an official language of New Zealand, and established the Maori Language Commission to foster it. The pivotal issue considered by the Tribunal was whether a language could be considered a "treasure" or "taonga", and thus protected by the Treaty.
1884: Married Women's Property Act; 1893: Pākehā and Māori women won the right to vote in general elections due to the Electoral Act, and Elizabeth Yates became New Zealand's first female mayor in the British Empire; 1895: the first women's hockey team was established, and Minnie Dean, was the only New Zealand woman to hang
Spokesman for Maori Affairs; Member, Maori Affairs Select Committee; 6: Barbara Stewart: List MP: 118,000: Spokeswoman for Consumer Affairs; Spokeswoman for Family (including Disability, Senior Citizens and Women's Affairs) Spokeswoman for Health; Spokeswoman for Social Services; Spokeswoman for Tourism; Member, Health Select Committee; 7: Doug ...
The Māori Women’s Welfare League or Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko I te Ora is a New Zealand welfare organisation focusing on Māori women and children. It held its first conference in Wellington in September 1951.