Kaitiakitanga
- Whakamārama
- Ko te tangata whenua te mana o te whenua e tiaki ana.
- Scope Note
- The exercise of stewardship by the tangata whenua/indigenous people of an area in accordance with tikanga Māori/Māori custom in relation to natural and physical resources. Used in the Resource Management Act and Foreshore and Seabed Act.
- English Used For
- Customary rights
- Land stewardship
- Rights, Customary
- Stewardship, Land
- Tahūhū/Broader Term
- Tikanga tuku iho
- Kaho/Related Term
- Ahi kā
- Mana whenua
- Papakāinga
- Whenua rāhui
