Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, s 338
Trustees or owners of Māori land can give you a lease or occupation licence so that you can live on the land. This needs to be formalised by the court.
If the lease or licence is for housing, it can be for a long period, and with a right of renewal.
This kind of lease or licence doesn’t give ownership – that stays with the trust. But it makes it easier to get finance for papakāinga developments, to support Māori into housing, and whānau to return to their whenua.