BUGDET 2016: Flavell gets $17.8 mln to get Maori land reform up and running

BUGDET 2016: Flavell gets $17.8 mln to get Maori land reform up and running
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth May 26 (BusinessDesk) - Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell has secured $17.8 million to get a new Maori land service up and running, and provide more assistance for property owners as part of his efforts to overhaul legislation governing Maori land. Some $14.2 million will go to building a new Maori Land Service which will provide administrative services to Maori landowners and take over some functions from the Maori Land Court, Flavell said in a statement. A further $3.7 million will go Te Tumu Paeroa (the Maori...