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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 ...
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).
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]
The Māori Affairs Amendment Act 1967, as it became, generally allowed greater interference in Māori landholding, and was widely seen amongst Māori as a pākehā "land grab". Under the Māori Affairs Act of 1957, land owners who had shares less than $50 were forced to sell their shares which became a problematic type of land alienation.
Disputes Tribunals Act Amended: 1995/98/99/2002; Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act Amended: 1990/94/2006; Dunedin City Council Endowment Lands Act; External Relations Act; General Finance Limited Act; Hauraki Maori Trust Board Act; Imperial Laws Application Act; Import Control Act; Maniapoto Maori Trust Board Act
Peggy Joan Boys Voluntary Settlement Act; Roman Catholic Bishops Empowering Act Amended: 1970; ... Maori Affairs Act Amended: 1962/67/74/85/87/88/91;
He was the Minister of Lands and Minister of Māori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975. He was the architect of both the Māori Affairs Amendment Act of 1974, which gave Māori greater control over their land, and the 1975 creation of the Waitangi Tribunal. [3] In 1979 he resigned from the Labour Party. [3]
The Māori Affairs Act 1953 [22] aimed to force unproductive Māori land into use. It enabled the Māori Trustee to purchase uneconomic interests (defined as any share in Māori land that was valued at less than £10, later changed to £25), and make the shares available for purchase by other owners in the land block.