Legislation administered by Te Puni Kōkiri

Te Puni Kōkiri administers a number of Acts (legislation) and Orders and Regulations (subordinate legislation). 

The Ministry is responsible for:

• Formulating and, where necessary, amending the policy for the legislation. 
• Dealing with enquiries regarding the application of the legislation, and
• Coordinating any obligations of the Minister under the legislation.

To see information on current changes to legislation in the Māori Affairs portfolio, visit our Legislative Reform page

Legislation Administered by Te Puni Kōkiri as at 1 September 2008

Acts

• Hauraki Māori Trust Board Act 1988;
• Lake Waikaremoana Act 1971;
• Maniapoto Māori Trust Board Act 1988;
• Māori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989;
• Māori Community Development Act 1962;
• Māori Housing Act 1935;
• Māori Land Amendment and Māori Land Claims Adjustment Act 1926;
• Māori Language Act 1987;
• Māori Purposes Act 1926-1981;
• Māori Purposes Act 1991;
• Māori Purposes Act 1993;
• Māori Purposes ( Wi Pere Trust ) Act 1994;
• Māori Purposes Fund Act 1934-1935;
• Māori Reserved Land Act 1955;
• Māori Soldiers Trust Act 1957;
• Maori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Māori ) Act 2003
• Māori Trust Boards Act 1955;
• Māori Trustee Act 1953;
• Māori Vested Land Administration Act 1954;
• Mauao Historic Reserve Vesting Act 2008
• Ministry of Māori Development Act 1991;
• Orakei Act 1991;
• Tarawera Forest Act 1967;
• Tauranga Moana Trust Board Act 1981;
• Te Rūnanga O Ngāti Porou Act 1987;
• Te Rūnanga O Ngāti Whātua Act 1988;
• Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993;
• Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975;
• Whanganui River Trust Board Act 1988;
• Broadcasting Act 1989, Part IVA.

Regulations

• Aorangi Māori Trust Board Order 1983
• Aorangi Māori Trust Board Order 2005
• East Coast Māori Trust Lands Block Committees’ Regulations 1936
• Licensed Interpreters Regulations 1958
• Maori Assembled Owners Regulations 1995
• Māori Land Court Fee Regulations 1993
• Māori Land Court Rules 1994
• Maori Incorporations Constitution Regulations 1994
• Māori Occupation Orders Regulations 1994
• Māori Reservation Regulations 1994
• Māori Purposes Fund Regulations 1937
• Māori Trust Office Regulations 1954
• Māori Housing Regulations 1960
• Māori Land Court Judges’ Travelling Allowances Regulations 1960
• Māori Community Development Regulations 1963
• Maori Land Court (Jurisdiction) Order 1996
• Māori Trust Board Regulations 1985
• Mawhera Incorporation Order 1976
• Maniapoto Maori Trust Board Order 1999
• Maniapoto Māori Trust Board Order 2002
• Ngāti Whātua of Orakei Māori Trust Board Order 1983
• Ngāti Whātua of Orakei Māori Trust Board Order 1990
• Ngāti Whātua O Orakei Māori Trust Board Order 1997
• Parininihi ki Waitotara Incorporation Order 1976
• Tai Tokerau Māori Trust Board Order 1987
• Tai Tokerau Māori Trust Board Order 2003
• Taranaki Māori Trust Board Order 1987
• Taranaki Māori Trust Board Order 1990
• Te Awapuni Moana Order 1996
• Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa Order 1999
• Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou Order 1989
• Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou Order 1993
• Tuhoe Waikaremoana Maori Trust Board Order 2008
• Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board Order 1996
• Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board Order 2002
• Whakatū Incorporation Order 1977
• Whanganui River Māori Trust Board Order 1996
• Whanganui River Māori Trust Board Order 2001
• Whanganui River Māori Trust Board Order 2005

Last modified: 5/09/2008