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Rock walls prove 'historic Maori farming' practices -The recent shell midden discovery at the proposed site has led to a review of the land in south Auckland. Led by senior Auckland archaeologist Ian Lawlor, new findings reveal that the stone wall structures were created by Maori prior to European settlement in the area.   

Owners get chance to wananga on Maori Land Service -  The service is being developed to work alongside the rewritten Te Ture Whenua Maori , taking over many of the functions now being done by the Maori  ...

Trusts put young Maori back on the land : A combined vision by the owners of five blocks of Maori owned land in south Taranaki, to see young people with no farming skills trained so they can take up farming as a career, has taken the first step to becoming a reality. On Monday, eight young ...

Living off the land, Maori style - Loughlin, Tuwharetoa Maori of mixed Irish descent, has sole guardianship of this tribal land, giving him the right to forage from it. Five generations of ...

Mana of Maori Land Court judges defended  - Ms Wall says that overturns a long standing convention that Maori Land Court judges are appointed on the advice or recommendation of the Maori  ...

The New Zealand baby dearth - In New Zealand, 1872 saw the end of the Maori Land Wars, a series of conflicts that stretched back to the mid-1840s and had been fought throughout ...

Ngai Tahu develops people for land  -  Ngai Tahu leader Sir Mark Solomon says a new training scheme will provide some of the Maori workers the tribe wants for the land they are  ...

Maori Land March recalled by veterans  - It's 40 years since the Maori Land March arrived in Wellington, and this afternoon at the National Library four of the marchers - Cyril Chapman, Joseph ...

Mistified the Movie Crowd Funding Now Open  - "There is a magic in the land of New Zealand, where the Maori have dwelled for hundreds of years" says Kathy. "A wisdom that is almost indescribable and must  ...

Suspected arson linked to Maori land dispute : A Maori land dispute is being blamed as the motivation behind a suspected arson in the Northland beach settlement of Matauri Bay overnight. The fire razed the local sales office of a new land development, and former local MP Dover Samuels is furious. 3News NZ

Cambridge sweet treat for royal couple  - During the land wars of the 1860s, British forces drove the Maori population out and set up camp in the area, naming it "Camp Cambridge" after their ...

Climate scientists guide Maori growers - Trust chair Chris Karamea Insley says Omaio has a high concentration of Maori land and some of the most productive soils in New Zealand as well as microclimates in sheltered bays at the edge of the Raukumara Range that are ideal for growing high value crops such as kiwifruit. Before making any .

The importance of Waitangi Day - Again New Zealand must take the opportunity to exam why Waitangi Day creates ... This will be the second consecutive year a New Zealand prime minister ... of land loss for Maori through the settlement of this country by Europeans.

The head of the Maori Council says the impasse at Ihumātao is a broader issue than a dispute over historic Maori land. Thousands of protesters have ... View article...

Changes to legislation 'not key' to unlock Maori land : A Fieldays seminar has heard that changes to legislation around Maori land won't be the key driver to unlock its potential. The Ministry for Primary Industries held the Maori agribusiness forum on Friday as part of this year's National Agricultural ...

FOMA says land reform coming right  - Liz Mellish, the chair of FOMA's technical advisory group looking at the bill, say's it had concerns about some elements of the Maori land law reform in ...

Precedent set for returning church land to Maori - Precedent set for returning church land to Maori . New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says there are precedents for church land to be returned to Maori . Taurangamoana iwi have been talking to the Anglican Church about the return of land under council buildings in the central city that was 

Reserve status sought for land on expressway route : Writer Patricia Grace's application to the Maori Land Court for her Waikanae land to be declared a Maori reservation could delay construction of a section of the Kapiti Expressway. Grace, author of novels including Potiki and Tu, owns 983 square metres ...

Complex bill not solving real land problems - A legal expert says the Government has failed to make the case the existing Te Ture Whenua Maori Act is at the heart of the problems Maori have with ...

'Activist, Coastie' in running for mayoralty : Mr Huirama-Patuwai said the core issue of unpaid Maori land rates came from a conflict between ''full and exclusive possession of ( Maori ) land” by Maori as guaranteed by article 2 of the Tiriti o Waitangi. “The Crown and Government are glossing over ...