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Demonstrate knowledge of legislation as it relates to Māori land and
survey practice
Level
4
Credits
3
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work, in the
surveying profession as a survey technician.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the historical
evolution of Māori land tenure and the registration of Māori land under the
Land Transfer Act 1952; describe the features and application of Te Ture
Whenua Māori Act 1993; and describe the relationship between specific Acts
and current legislation relating to Māori land.
Subfield
Surveying
Domain
Survey - Land Administration and Applied Resource
Management
Status
Registered
Status date
25 February 2008
Date version published
25 February 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Infrastructure ITO
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
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This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
Legislation and associated documentation relevant to this unit standard include:
Historic Places Act 1993;
Land Act 1948;
Land Transfer Act 1870;
Land Transfer Act 1952;
Resource Management Act 1991;
State-Owned Enterprise Act 1986;
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Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993/The Māori Land Act 1993;
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975;
Māori Land Court Rules 1994;
Brookers Maori Legislation Handbook, (Wellington: Thomson Brookers, 2005), for Māori
Affairs Act 1953 and Native Land Acts of 1862, 1865, 1867, 1873, 1880, 1886, 1894, and
1909;
publications on legislation by Te Puni Kōkiri Ministry of Environment available at
http://www.tpk.govt.nz/publications;
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993: A Working Guide to the Act (Wellington: Ministry of
Māori Development, 1993).
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the historical evolution of Māori land tenure, and the registration of Māori land
under the Land Transfer Act 1952.
Performance criteria
1.1
The description outlines land tenure in terms of the Native Land Acts and the
Land Act 1948.
1.2
The description outlines the establishment and development of the Māori Land
Court.
1.3
The description outlines the statuses of Māori land in terms of the Māori Affairs
Act.
1.4
The description outlines the scope and purpose of the Māori Affairs Act.
1.5
The description outlines the registration of Māori land under Land Transfer Acts
prior to 1993.
Range
partitions, exchange, consolidation, amalgamation, vesting,
reserves, roadways, urupa, waahi tapu.
Element 2
Describe the features and application of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act.
Performance criteria
2.1
The description outlines the relationship between the Treaty of Waitangi and Te
Ture Whenua Māori Act.
2.2
The description outlines the process of alienation of land prior to Te Ture
Whenua Māori Act.
2.3
The description outlines the statuses of Māori land under Te Ture Whenua
Māori Act.
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2.4
The description outlines the structure of Māori trusts and their relationship to Te
Ture Whenua Māori Act.
2.5
The description outlines the structure of incorporations and their relationship to
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act.
2.6
The description outlines Occupation Orders and their relationship to Te Ture
Whenua Māori Act.
2.7
The description outlines the structure and requirement of reservations in terms
of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act.
2.8
The description outlines land title reconstruction and improvement in terms of
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act, and registration of partition orders in terms of the
Land Transfer Act.
Range
2.9
improvement includes but is not limited to – partitions.
The description outlines the requirements relating to subdivision under the
Resource Management Act and their application to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act.
Element 3
Describe the relationship between specific Acts and current legislation relating to Māori
land.
Range
specific Acts include the – Treaty of Waitangi Act, State-Owned Enterprise Act,
Historic Places Act, Resource Management Act.
Performance criteria
3.1
The description outlines the Treaty of Waitangi Act and its relationship with
current legislation pertaining to Māori land.
3.2
The description outlines the State-Owned Enterprise Act and its relationship
with current legislation pertaining to Māori land.
3.3
The description outlines the Historic Places Act and its relationship with current
legislation pertaining to Māori land.
3.4
The description outlines the Resource Management Act and its relationship with
current legislation pertaining to Māori land.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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