What the official record says
This Act is the Waka Umanga (Māori Corporations) Act , and may also be cited as either— the Waka Umanga Act ; or the Māori Corporations Act . This Act comes into force . The purposes of this Act are to— assist the development of representative institutions for tribal groups or Māori associations through independent, principled, and democratic processes; and promote stability and legal certainty for tribal groups and Māori associations and for third parties who transact with them; and provide a process for establishing the rights and responsibilities of the constituent groups of a waka umanga; and facilitate the effective management of the communal assets of the tribal group or Māori association; and provide for internal disputes to be resolved as far as possible within tribal groups and Mā