Pae Tukutuku Poutama
Kei a te Pae Tukutuku Poutama te haepapa ki te
rēhita i ngā taitara whenua, ki te pūmau anō hoki
ki te mana o te pūkete me te putunga, tae atu anō
hoki ki te pūnaha raraunga.
In 2023, successors to the Hāwea-Wānaka block voted for interim representation, through a process facilitated by Te Arawhiti (Te Tari Whakatau) and Te Puni Kōkiri.
Only 17% of Māori knew how to speak te reo, only 5% of our children in schools could speak te reo, and furthermore, there were people of that time who declared there was no benefit in teaching te reo and no benefit in the continued survival of te reo Māori.
Ko tētahi haepapa nui i ō mātou mahi
katoa, waihoki, ko te taura matua pea e herehere
nei te Kooti Whenua Māori ki Te Puni Kōkiri,
ki te Tumu Paeroa, ki te Roopu Wakamana i te
Tiriti o Waitangi anō hoki, ko ā tātou mahi ki te
whakahoki i te whenua, ki te manaaki i te whenua
hei kāinga mō te iwi Māori.
Ā mātou ture
Our rules and legislation
Read about the rules and legislation that the Māori Land Court operates under.
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
Read Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.