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Māori and Biodiversity
The Māori worldview - te ao Māori The Māori worldview considers everything living and non-living to be interconnected. Whakapapa describe these connections and tell the story of how people, the landscape, plants and animals came into being. People, plants and…
Māori and the RMA
RMA Principles All persons exercising functions and powers under the Act are required to recognise and provide for seven matters of national importance set out in section 6. This includes section 6(e) the relationship of Maori and their culture and…
Māori Role in Commercial Fishing
Māori have a long history in commercial fishing. They were trading in fish domestically prior to European arrival, and were actively involved in commercial fishing for provision to European explorers and settlers, from Captain Cook’s time onwards. Under the Treaty…
Māori and the EEZ Act
The EEZ Act does not contain a Treaty of Waitangi provision (compare Section 8 of the RMA). The Act states that its provision for aMāori Advisory Committee, iwi feedback on regulations, consideration of existing interests, and notification of consent applications…
Māori and Environmental Law
Māori world view The traditional Māori world view is notably different from the European. The very title tangata whenua, meaning ‘people of the land’, highlights the pre-eminent importance of the environment to Māori identity. The linkages between the natural world…
Protecting Māori interests
For Māori the coast was traditionally a place to live and to source food, as well as being fundamental to travel and communication. While Māori settlement was not limited to the coast, the coast has always been dominant in living…
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993
This Act promotes the retention of land by Māori. It provides for land to be set aside as Māori reserve, which may include places of historic or cultural interest.
Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004
The Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 (the Settlement Act) provides for the settlement of Māori claims to commercial aquaculture. It was developed as part of the 2004 aquaculture law reforms and provided for allocation of 20 per cent…
Iwi as resource managers
Iwi/Māori are estimated to own approximately 50 per cent of fisheries quota through iwi, Aotearoa Fisheries Limited and other companies. Three iwi/Māori owned (or part-owned) companies are among the five largest fishing companies in the country; Aotearoa Fisheries Limited, Sealord…
Safeguarding Historic Heritage
Coastal historic heritage is associated with human activities around the coast. It includes places of early Māori settlement and where early documented encounters between Māori and Pakeha occurred. Historic buildings and structures in the coastal environment comprise structures such as…