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Old 03-05-2007, 09:58 PM
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Default Maori land rights

Hey I didn't really know what to call this thread but I'll explain what I mean. My brother is a vicar in an Oxford parish and he was telling me about a couple who came back to his church on their first visit to the UK since moving to NZ several years ago. He said they related a story to him about the Maori thinking they have the right to anybody's homes and possessions if they are on what they consider to be their land. He has been told that there is a problem with Maori just wandering into peoples houses and taking what they want because they say that house is on their illegally taken tribal ground and so it and everything in it belongs to them. This means they can come and go as they please and the homeowner has no say?

I have never heard of this before but thought I would just post this just in case anyone had heard of any similar stories. He didn't know whereabouts this couple were living.
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