(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
chief executive means the chief executive of the Ministry
court means, as the case may require, the Maori Land Court or the Maori Appellate Court or both
General land owned by Maori means any General land of which the owners or a majority of the owners are Maori
improvements effected by a lessee, or any expression of similar effect, has the same meaning as in Part 11 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
Maori means a person of the Maori race of New Zealand; and includes a descendant of any such person
Minister means the Minister of Maori Affairs
Ministry means the Ministry of Maori Development that, by virtue of the State Sector Order 1991, becomes, on 1 January 1992, a department of the Public Service
operative date means 1 October 1989
ownership, in relation to any land or any interest in land, includes the equitable ownership of that land or interest.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, any land and any interest in land that is owned as joint tenants or tenants in common by 2 persons who are married to, or in a civil union with, one another and of whom one is Maori shall be deemed to be owned by a Maori.
Section 2(1) Board's programmes: repealed, on 1 January 1992, by section 9(1) of the Ministry of Maori Development Act 1991 (1991 No 145).
Section 2(1) chief executive: inserted, on 1 January 1992, by section 9(1) of the Ministry of Maori Development Act 1991 (1991 No 145).
Section 2(1) Department's programmes: repealed, on 1 January 1992, by section 9(1) of the Ministry of Maori Development Act 1991 (1991 No 145).
Section 2(1) General Manager: repealed, on 1 January 1992, by section 9(1) of the Ministry of Maori Development Act 1991 (1991 No 145).
Section 2(1) improvements effected by a lessee: amended, on 1 July 1993, pursuant to section 362(2) of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 (1993 No 4).
Section 2(1) Iwi Transition Agency: repealed, on 1 January 1992, by section 9(1) of the Ministry of Maori Development Act 1991 (1991 No 145).
Section 2(1) Ministry: inserted, on 1 January 1992, by section 9(1) of the Ministry of Maori Development Act 1991 (1991 No 145).
Section 2(2): amended, on 26 April 2005, by section 7 of the Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005 (2005 No 3).