The Māori Lands Administration Act granted Māori some local autonomy and some legal power over their land. However, special conditions restricted these gains.[i]
Footnotes
[i] go to main content Dow, Derek, ‘Driving Their Own Health Canoe: Maori and Health Research’ in Bronwyn Dalley and Margaret Tennant, eds., Past Judgement, Dunedin, 2004, p. 96.; Wai 2417, pp. 55–56.