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Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (or the Māori Land Act 1993 [1]) is a statute of the Parliament of New Zealand to "reform the laws relating to Māori land in accordance with the principles set out in the Preamble". [2]
The first enactment of the New Zealand parliament (General Assembly), created by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, was the English Laws Act 1854, which established the applicability of all English laws in effect 14 January 1840, to New Zealand. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 was never implemented and was suspended.
The 1987 act was repealed on 30 April 2016 by section 48 of Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori 2016 / Māori Language Act 2016, which updated the law. As a New Zealand first, there are two versions of the new act, one in Māori and the other in English, with section 12 stating that if there was any conflict in meaning between the two versions, the ...
Plans by New Zealand's conservative government to roll back Maori rights reforms have revived race as a hot political issue in the Pacific nation, which was previously lauded globally for its ...
Where there are issues of statutory interpretation or judicial review proceedings, the courts of New Zealand follow the case law [8] on the principles of the Treaty originating from New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General, [9] This case was brought in the High Court by the New Zealand Māori Council in 1987.
In 2011 New Zealand Police were considering asking Māori Wardens to help patrol busy areas during the Rugby World Cup. The then prime minister John Key said the law was "antiquated and outdated" and seemed racist. He stated "At the end of the day if someone's removed from a bar it should be because they're underage or they're intoxicated.
An umbrella group comprising at least 80 Maori tribes has sent an open letter to King Charles III demanding that he intervene in New Zealand politics and ensure the government honours its ...
New Zealand contract law was initially derived from the English model. Since 1969, however, a series of Acts of Parliament altered this, and New Zealand contract law is now 'largely... distinct from other jurisdictions'. [24] The main distinction of New Zealand contract law is the wide discretionary power given to courts in granting relief.