New Zealand’s presbyterian church will offer future land sales to Māori iwi first

The major landowner says it has been on the other side of history' and wants to honour treaty

New Zealand's presbyterian church will offer any future land sales to Mori iwi first, as the institution reckons with its role in colonisation and land confiscations in Aotearoa.

The institution is a significant landowner across the country, with more than $1.5bn in land assets and 400 properties. Their decision comes at a time of increasing scrutiny on the church and its role in the colonisation of New Zealand, including as a beneficiary of confiscated or stolen land.