A Green Party politician is vowing to make perpetual leases an election issue as Māori landowners continue their fight to gain back control of their whenua.
Māori land owners locked out of their whenua by perpetual leases are continuing their fight against century-old legislation, buoyed by recent support from
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An East Coast woman is on a mission to gain back control of her whenua after leasing laws dating back 100 years locked her and others out of controlling their land blocks.