Publications
Recent Māori Trustee Annual Reports and submissions on proposed local and national policy and legislation changes are available below to review and download.
Previous Annual Reports
Each year the Māori Trustee presents our Annual Report to the Minister for Māori Development who tables the report in the House.
- 2022 Annual Report [PDF, 3.3 MB] (PDF 3.3MB)
- 2021 Annual Report [PDF, 4.4 MB] (PDF 4.3MB)
- 2020 Annual Report [PDF, 2.9 MB] (PDF 3.0MB)
- 2019 Annual Report [PDF, 3.9 MB] (PDF 3.9MB)
Māori Trustee Submissions
The Māori Trustee is the largest administrator of whenua Māori across Aotearoa. As trustee or agent for approximately 82,000 hectares of Māori freehold land on behalf of more than 104,000 individual Māori landowners, Te Tumu Paeroa is uniquely positioned to provide feedback and insights on proposed changes to environmental policies and regulations impacting whenua Māori.
Recent submissions made by the Māori Trustee on proposed local and national policy and legislation changes are available to view and download below.
2023
The Māori Trustee's submissions on:
- Improving Market Governance of the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme [PDF, 368 KB]
- Developing an exception from the low slope for low intensity farming [PDF, 845 KB]
- Our future resource management system - Developing the next stages [PDF, 410 KB]
- Forestry in the ETS: Second set of proposed recovery fees and charges [PDF, 428 KB]
- The Spatial Planning Bill [PDF, 570 KB]
- The Natural and Built Environment Bill [PDF, 2 MB]
2022
The Māori Trustee's submissions on:
- The Proposed Timaru District Plan - He Po. He Ao. Ka Awatea [PDF, 404 KB]
- Te tātai utu o ngā tukunga ahuwhenua - Pricing agricultural emissions [PDF, 474 KB]
- Kia urutai, kia ora: Proposed Te Tai o Poutini Plan [PDF, 561 KB]
- Te Ara Whakahou - Ahumahi Ngahere - Draft Industry Transformation Plan [PDF, 428 KB]
- Managing our wetlands in the coastal marine area [PDF, 544 KB]
- Climate change (Forestry sector) Regulations 2022 [PDF, 408 KB]
- Draft National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity [PDF, 785 KB]
- The Exposure draft of proposed changes to the NPS-FM and NES-F (including wetland regulations) [PDF, 839 KB]
(NPS-FM: National policy statement for freshwater management; NES-F: National environmental standards for freshwater) - Kia āhuarangi rite a Aotearoa/Te mahere urutaunga ā-motu (tuhinga hukihuki) Discussion Documents – Draft National Adaptation Plan and Managed Retreat [PDF, 994 KB]
- Managing Exotic Afforestation Incentives Discussion Document [PDF, 405 KB]