The largest Maori land manager - Te Tumu Paeroa - is under pressure to dump its stake in a chain of hotels.
It owns Te Maori Lodges, which has a 30% stake in Quantum Limited - a company running hotels.
MPs on the Maori Affairs Select Committee have questioned why Te Tumu Paeroa is holding on to a poorly performing investment.
But Te Tumu Paeroa head Jamie Tuuta said there are plans to sell its shares in Quantum.
He said Te Maori Lodges holds 30% of the shares and Millennium Copthorne Hotels owns the balance, 70%.
Mr Tuuta said he's in talks to sell its interest in Quantum to the majority shareholder.
If that happens, he said capital would be released which can be used to unlock the economic potential of Maori lands.
Te Tumu Paeroa is the new name for the Maori Trustee.
