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Airfield returned after council vote
After nearly 100 years in regional government and Defence Force hands, the airfield at Raglan will be returned to Māori.
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Land court allows whānau to apply for whenua, overturning 50-year-old ruling
Some of the descendants of a wahine Māori who died 50 years ago will now be able to apply for a share in her land, following a victory in the Māori Land Court.
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'Bizarre', ministers confronted over climate reforms
Māori have long been reliant on forestry for economic prosperity and some landowners say the changes to climate change legislation will have a detrimental impact on the welfare of their people.
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Hīkoi at Tokomaru Bay over 999-year leases
Tokomaru Bay was a buzz of activity on Saturday as a crowd assembled from far and wide to protest century-old legislation locking up Māori-owned land.
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Locked-up Māori land on East Coast sees petition launched
A petition to abolish century-old legislation affecting land use in the small East Coast town of Tokomaru Bay has united the community in support of change.
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Wahine battles century-old land law to regain east coast whenua
Beneath the veneer of the quiet, remote Tokomaru Bay settlement lies the story of locked-up land that mana whenua have little to no control over. One woman is on a mission to rewrite century-old legislation, and return the power to her people.
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Māori sheep milk industry gets government backing
The government is backing a plan for 20 Māori land owners with more than 24,000 hectares of whenua from the western shore of Lake Taupō to the Hauraki Plains, to invest in the rapidly growing sheep milking industry.
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Iwi-led charity awarded $2.125m to restore southern whenua, awa
In Southland, a new iwi-led environmental charity aims to create local jobs while also restoring the whenua and awa.
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AKE AKE AKE – THE STORY OF IHUMĀTAO – ON MĀORI+ AND ON MĀORI TELEVISION!
AKE AKE AKE an emotive, powerful, and at times confronting three-part documentary recounting events surrounding the historic Ihumātao occupation, available on the MĀORI+ app, 16 July, and premiering 19 JULY 8.30 PM on MĀORI TELEVISION.