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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).
New Zealand contract law was initially derived from the English model. Since 1969, however, a series of Acts of Parliament altered this, and New Zealand contract law is now 'largely... distinct from other jurisdictions'. [24] The main distinction of New Zealand contract law is the wide discretionary power given to courts in granting relief.
An umbrella group comprising at least 80 Maori tribes has sent an open letter to King Charles III demanding that he intervene in New Zealand politics and ensure the government honours its ...
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.
A Maori reacts outside New Zealand’s parliament to protest against a proposed law that would redefine the country's founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown in ...
Where there are issues of statutory interpretation or judicial review proceedings, the courts of New Zealand follow the case law [8] on the principles of the Treaty originating from New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General, [9] This case was brought in the High Court by the New Zealand Māori Council in 1987.
In terms of public opinion, a study in 2008 found that among the 2,700 voting age New Zealanders surveyed, 37.4% wanted the treaty removed from New Zealand law, 19.7% were neutral, and 36.8% wanted the treaty kept in law; additionally, 39.7% agreed Māori deserved compensation, 15.7% were neutral, and 41.2% disagreed. [196]
The Native Lands Act 1865 was an Act of Parliament in New Zealand that was designed to remove land from Māori ownership for purchase by settlers as part of settler colonisation. [1] The act established the Native Land Courts , individualised ownership interests in Māori land replacing customary communal ownership and allowed up to 5% of ...