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• 28 Māori Battalion
  History of the Battalion.
  
  
• 28th Māori Battalion
  Includes association news and newsletters and historical resources about the battalion, the campaigns and the soldiers; along with sound and video clips and photographs.
  
  
• Centre for Māori Studies and Research, University of Waikato
  Annual report for 1993. Part of the Fourth World Documentation Project archive.
  
  
• Crown Forestry Rental Trust = Ngā Kaitiaki Rēti Ngahere Karauna
  Assists Māori to prepare, present and negotiate claims against the Crown, which involve or could involve Crown Forest Licensed Lands.
  
  
• Dr. Pita Sharples
  Dr. Pita Sharples is the Tamaki Makaurau MP. Site includes the MP's profile, debates on streaming video and his views on bills in Parliament and other political issues.
  
  
• Effective governance / Te Puni Kōkiri
  Te Puni Kōkiri's website for effective governance education. Designed to help trustees and directors of Māori organisations with their responsibilities and role as guardians and leaders.
  
  
• Indigenous peoples and the law : an online institute of law affecting indigenous peoples
  Links to internet articles, with original essays, reader responses and editorials. Hosted by Victoria University of Wellington.
  
  
• Instructions to Captain Hobson, HM Consul to New Zealand
  Acknowledgement of New Zealand as a sovereign state in the instructions to HM Consul to New Zealand in 1839.
  
  
• Kōkiri : celebrating Māori achievement
  Te Puni Kōkiri/the Ministry of Māori Development newsletter covering Māori issues and achievements. Issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Kurahaupo ki te Waipounamu Trust
  Kurahaupo has been formed by Ngati Apa, Ngati Kuia and Rangitane for the purpose of securing a comprehensive Treaty of Waitangi settlement for their people.
  
  
• Legal Māori archive = he pātaka kupu ture
  This collection of mostly Māori language documents shows how Western law was communicated to and used by Māori in the 19th century.
  
  
• Māori custom and values in New Zealand law
  Full-text (in PDF format) of this Law Commission report. The purpose of the report is to examine how Māori custom and values impact on current New Zealand law and to how give effect to Māori values in the laws in the future.
  
  
• Māori customary fisheries
  The regulations governing customary, i.e. non-commercial fishing by Maori, under the Fisheries Settlement Act 1992.
  
  
• Māori customary law bibliography
  This bibliography lists materials held in the University of Waikato Library which provide information on Māori customary law and legal issues concerning Māori.
  
  
• Māori Land Court = Te Kooti Whenua Māori
  The court holds information about historical Māori title, ownership information and adoptions, probates and letters of administration. Includes searchable online database of land and ownership information, Māori Land Online (MLOL).
  
  
• Māori land information
  Information on Māori land - its administration, resources and capability.
  
  
• Māori land legislation database
  Provides a summary of all New Zealand legislation since 1840 (including private and local acts) which has affected Māori or Māori land. Brief notes on the historical context and impact of each act cited, with references to other Government publications.
  
  
• Māori law review : a monthly review of law affecting Māori
  Reports on law affecting Māori. Includes Māori land law, Waitangi Tribunal, other courts and tribunals and Parliamentary activity.
  
  
• Māori legal sites
  Guide to resources for Māori legal research. Some of the books and databases listed here are available to University of Waikato students only.
  
  
• Māori Party
  Political party. Statement of aims; profiles of key people; calendar of events; party documents; speeches and press releases.
  
  
• Māori women : caught in the contradictions of a colonised reality / by Annie Mikaere
  An article by Annie Mikaere. "A discussion of the position of women in Maori society before colonisation. It then considers the position of women under English law, and examines the effects that law had on Maori women as a result of colonisation."
  
  
• Māori
  Examines how the Department of Conservation works with iwi and hapu.
  
  
• Mātāhauariki : laws and institutions for Aotearoa/New Zealand
  Newsletter of Te Mātāhauariki Institute, which researches ways the legal system of Aotearoa/New Zealand can evolve to accommodate the values and concepts of both its major cultures. Issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Manutukutuku / Te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
  The Waitangi Tribunal's official newsletter.
  
  
• National Māori Congress
  History and information on the National Māori Congress in 1993. Part of the Fourth World Documentation Project Archive.
  
  
• New Zealand Wars = Nga Pakanga Whenua o Mua
  Information and materials dealing with the New Zealand Wars. Includes bibliography.
  
  
• Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao
  Advisory committee appointed by ERMA to provide the Māori perspective on environmental issues and decisions, and ensure that appropriate consultation with Māori takes place.
  
  
• Office of Treaty Settlements = Te Tari Whakatau Take e pā ana ki te Tiriti o Waitangi
  OTS negotiates, on behalf of the Crown, historical Treaty of Waitangi claims with Māori claimant groups. Information about the OTS, treaty settlements, the negotiating process and progress of claims.
  
  
• Pouwhenua
  Te Pouwhenua is published by the Māori Land Court. It provides a range of information about the Maori Land Court, its services, court sittings and related topics. All issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Reo : newsletter / New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc, Maori Interest Group
  Full-text of selected articles is available.
  
  
• Submission to the sixth session of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations 1988 / by Nganeko Minhinnick, Ngati Te Ata, Huakina Development Trust, Aotearoa (New Zealand)
  Full-text of the statement by Māori representative Nganeko Kaihau Minhinnick. Part of the Fourth World Documentation Project Archive.
  
  
• Te Hunga Roia Māori O Aotearoa = The Māori Law Society Inc
  THRMOA maintains database of Māori lawyers, ensures effective networking, makes submissions, ensures representation on selected committees and organises national hui.
  
  
• Te Kūwaha
  Te Kūwaha, NIWA's Māori Research & Development Unit provide consultancy services in core areas of aquaculture, coasts and oceans, freshwater, renewable energy and climate.
  
  
• Te Mātāhauariki Research Institute
  The Project is to consider ways in which the legal system of Aotearoa/New Zealand might better reflect the values and concepts of the country's two major cultures.
  
  
• Te Puni Kōkiri
  The Government's principal adviser on the Crown's relationship with iwi, hapū and Māori, and on key Government policies as they affect Māori. Includes newsletters and the Māori Land Information Base.
  
  
• Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
  Ngāi Tahu are the Māori people of the southern islands of New Zealand, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is the governing body. Background, objectives, information and programmes are detailed for all the associated corporations.
  
  
• Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori = Māori Language Commission
  Information about the Māori language and the Commission, including history, language planning, statistics, projects, learning and reference resources, and publications.
  
  
• Towards a Māori criminal justice system / by Noaia Arena Napia
  Joint Methodist-Presbyterian Public Questions Committee occasional paper, to begin to explore the concept of a Māori criminal justice system. A discussion paper rather than a position paper.
  
  
• Treaty Resource Centre = He Puna Mātauranga o Te Tiriti
  Provides an interactive learning experience about the Treaty of Waitangi.
  
  
• Waitaha
  Information on the Waitaha Protests, their history and whakapapa. Also e-books, tohunga teachings, information on basic healing skills and rongoa plants.
  
  
• Waitangi Tribunal = Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
  A permanent commission of inquiry. Information about the Tribunal and the claims process. Includes reports.
  
  
• Whitiwhiti kōrero = Exchanging ideas through discussion
  Provides news and information about the Te Mana i Waitangi Project, run by the Human Rights Commission. The project aims to increase understanding of the human rights aspects of the Treaty of Waitangi through research, education and discussion. All issues available in full-text.
  
  
• [Submission to the seventh session of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations 1988 electronic resource / Nganeko Kaihau Minhinnick]
  Full-text of the statement by Māori representative Nganeko Kaihau Minhinnick, representing Ngati Te Ata. Part of the Fourth World Documentation Project Archive.