Whenua - Land

The Maori Land Court (Te Kooti Whenua Maori) is the New Zealand court that hears matters relating to Maori land. About 1.3 million hectares in New Zealand is designated as Maori freehold land, just under five percent of the total 26.4 million hectares in the country.rnrnThe special bond between Maori people and land is recognised by the Maori Land Court, and the records held by this Court form an invaluable part of the whakapapa of all Maori.

The LG KnowHow workshops were designed to help local authorities and central government agencies to understand and implement the provisions of important legislation affecting local government. In addition to the general provisions of the legislation, there are four areas of particular relevance to Maori: * Consultation with Maori * Participation of Maori in decision making * Postponement of rates on Maori freehold land * Maori wards and constituencies.

Links to Council Websites and Boundary Maps for North & South Island, New Zealand from Local Government New Zealand portal.

Maori resources: Taonga Database, Canoe Traditions, Newspapers and Electronic Text, Tangata People, Maori Tradition, Tribal Organisations, Treaty of Waitangi, Whenua Land, Tribunal, Origins, Maori Creation Traditions, Hawaiki, Pacific Migrations, Matariki. Virtual Gallery, Geography Map... a hive of resources.

Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga is the official guardian of New Zealand’s public archives. We gather, store and protect an extremely wide range of material. Our holdings include the originals of the Treaty of Waitangi, government documents, maps, paintings, photographs and film. Many different people and organisations, including family historians, academics, legal researchers, professional historians and genealogists use the materials held at Archives New Zealand. They document rights and entitlements and provide evidence of government activity. The materials also record history and document the relationship between Maori and the Crown. The archives are a valuable resource and have contributed to Treaty claim research, Maori language revitalisation, and iwi, hapu and whanau history.