Waitangi Tribunal theme I - Māori and rating law [pdf, 549 KB]
...all traffic until the position was reversed.92 This agreement was still having an impact on rating in the area in 1960.93 Whether agreements similar to this were achieved in other districts is not known. The prominence this one achieved in Government files and subsequent investigations into Maori land rating suggests it was an exceptional occurrence. 9 The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act 1882 Meanwhile, the Government was attempting to shake its financial responsibility for local public wor...