L02 - Maori land issues

Question 1

What is whenua?

Answer 1

The maori word for land

Question 2

Name the 6 key land relationships for Maori
(hint: BEINGS)

Answer 2

Belonging
Emotions
Influencing
Nourishing
Guardian
Spirituality

Question 3

In Maori culture, Tane Mahuta is the:

Answer 3

God of Forests

Question 4

What are the 5 ways to think about Maori land tenure?

Answer 4

1. land by discovery
2. occupation
3. land handed down
4. land as a gift
5. land taken by conquest

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the forms of customary Maori land tenure?
Land by occupation
Land by discovery
Land by genealogical connection
All of these are forms of customary tenure

Answer 5

All of these are forms of customary tenure

Question 6

Take taunaha

Answer 6

Land by discovery

Question 7

Te ahi kaa

Answer 7

Occupation

Question 8

Take Tupuna

Answer 8

Land handed down

Question 9

Take tupu

Answer 9

Land as a gift

Question 10

Take raupatu

Answer 10

Land by conquest

Question 11

What is the estimated value of the Maori economy?
Approximately how large is the Maori economy?

Answer 11

$50 billion

Question 12

What percentage does the Maori economy make up of the wider NZ economy?

Answer 12

6%

Question 13

True or False:
The Maori economy is growing at about 5% and is quite heavily export reliant and based (higher incomes)

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Maori export trade dates back to as far as ______

Answer 14

1820

Question 15

What are the highest asset concentrations?

Answer 15

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Question 16

True or False:
Maori population is far younger than the NZ population overall

Answer 16

True
The NZ population is generally tending to be more heavier at the elders age, and the Maori population is more weighted and is the younger demographic

Question 17

True or False:
The European view towards land centres on access to land and its resources while Maori focus is on outright ownership

Answer 17

False

Question 18

What Maori iwi maintains a significant landholding in central Auckland including Quay Park?

Answer 18

Ngati Whatua