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Waka Umanga (Māori Corporations) Bill | Land |
Wai 262: The Flora and fauna and intellectual property claim
See also: Resources for Māori legal research | Māori customary law - a bibliography |
Indigenous peoples | Intellectual property
Wai 262: The Flora and fauna and intellectual property claim
See also: Resources for Māori legal research | Māori customary law - a bibliography |
Indigenous peoples | Intellectual property
He Pātaka Kupu Ture / Legal Māori Archive
An excellent resource for historic NZ legal research, the Archive is available via the NZ Electronic Text Centre. The Archive includes:
- He reo nō ngā rōpū whakahaere tikanga - the language of Māori governing bodies
- He reo nō ngā whakaritenga me ngā pukapuka here - language of agreement and obligation
- He reo ture nō te Whare Paremata | statutory language - scroll down the page to see the Māori translations of Acts and Bills circulated among Māori communities by the Crown
- The Legal Māori Corpus: texts printed before 1910 - "sets out to collect, describe and analyse the legal domain as it is expressed in te reo Māori, from the time of colonisation to the present day".
Government andthe legal system
- Government documents, records and resources relating to Māori
- He Hīnātore ki te Ao Māori: | A Glimpse into the Māori World - Māori Perspectives on Justice - Ministry of Justice report on manawhenua Māori customary law
- Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi - the page includes an online (.pdf) document by Dr Janine Hayward
- Te Mātāhauriki Research Institute
- Te Puni Kōkiri | Ministry of Maori Development
- Waitangi Tribunal | Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
Waka Umanga (Māori Corporations) Bill
- The Te Aka Matua O Te Ture | Law Commission's site for Māori Legal Entities includes several sources on the Bill, under each tab
- Waka Umanga (Māori Corporations) Bill 2007 - the menu on the right has links to related documents including the Select Committee Report
- Tahū o te Ture | Ministry of Justice report on Consistency of the Waka Umanga (Māori Corporations) Bill with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
Land
- Māori Land Court Minutes Books Index Database
- Māori land information base - Te Puni Kōkiri
- Māori Land Legislation Database - summaries of all New Zealand legislation since 1840 which has affected Māori or Māori land
- Te Tari Whakatau Take e pa ana ki te Tiriti o Waitangi | Office of Treaty Settlements
- Searching for Māori land records - guide from Land Information NZ
- Te Kooti Whenua Māori | Māori Land Court
- The Publications collection of the Waitangi Tribunal | Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi includes Reports and Rangahaua Whanui Research Reports
Wai 262: The Flora and fauna and intellectual property claim
- Wai 262 information sheet - Manatū Ōhanga | Ministry of Economic Development
- Crown Laws, Policies, and Practices in Relation to Flora and Fauna, 1840 to 1912 and Legislation, policies and practices 1983-98
- Flora and Fauna (Wai 262) Inquiry
- Matauranga Maori and Taonga. The Nature and Extent of Treaty Rights Held by Iwi and Hapu in Indigenous Flora and Fauna Cultural Heritage Objects and valued Traditional Knowledge - an overview of the Wai 262 claim by Professor David Williams (published 2001)
