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Indigenous Peoples' Ownership and Management of Mountains: The Aotearoa/New Zealand Experience
In 1840, the British Crown guaranteed to Maori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand, the continued right to exercise tino rangatiratanga (self-determination) over their own taonga (treasures). This article assesses the historic and current legislative reality for giving effect to this guarantee in the context of the treasured landscapes of mountains. Throughout the world, mountain ownership and management has become an integral part of many Indigenous peoples' struggles for self-determination. While this article has a narrow domestic focus, the struggle here told, which is illuminated through legislative examination, will be of comparative interest to many jurisdictions.
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JACINTA RURU, B.A. (University of Wellington), LL.M. (University of Otago), is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Otago. Ngati Raukawa ki Waikato, Ngai te Rangi ki Tauranga. My thanks to Nicola Wheen, John Dawson and the Indigenous Law Journal's anonymous reviewers and editorial staff for detailed comments on earlier drafts of this article.
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