Mata Reports: Fleeced - Perpetual Leases and Māori Land

Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes

Tina Olsen-Ratana is a landowner who's landless. For over a century, her whānau's whenua has been caught in perpetual lease, which prevents them from utilising it. As New Zealanders debate the notion of 'one law for all,' we look at the intergenerational impact of the perpetual lease system on Māori landowners.

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