Your Whakapapa Your Whenua
Today Te Tumu Paeroa launched a new campaign, Your Whakapapa Your Whenua, to get young Māori talking about Māori land ownership. Fronted by Hahana TVs Sonny Ngatai the campaign is a light-hearted take on a serious subject.
Why talking about your whenua is important
Māori land is taonga tuku iho, a treasure handed down, but without information about the land that they will one day inherit the process is going to be a lot harder for young Māori in the future.
Te Tumu Paeroa looks after 100,000 hectares of Māori land on behalf of 100,000 owners. But we're missing contact details for a great number of people. We want to see this change. We're urging young people and families over the holidays to talk about the land they own and pass on the information to the younger generation.
Make things easy for you and your whānau
1. Find out who in your whanau owns land, or talk to your whānau about the land that you own.
- where it is
- what it’s called
- who looks after it, eg Te Tumu Paeroa, a trust, or a Māori incorporation
- all of the names you and members of your whanau might be known by
- all of the names of parents, brothers and sisters
- anything about others who might be entitled to inherit part of the land.
2. Find out about:
- Succession (how Māori land is passed on to the next generation);
- how to make a Will;
- how to gift land to your children while you're still alive, or
- how to set up a whānau trust to maintain ownership for the benefit of the whole whānau.
3. Update your contact details on our website.
- If you don’t have a personal email address set one up. It's free and easy to do, and you can check you emails on your phone. This will help us to stay in touch with you, no matter where you are.
Get assistance
See if we look after you land and contact us if you would like more information about it.
Check Māori Land Online to find out all the land your whānau may own.
Contact the Māori Land Court to find out what land blocks you may have a stake in, or to apply to inherit land.