1: Title
This Act is the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Claims Settlement Act 2014.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
1: Preliminary matters, acknowledgements and apology, and settlement of historical claims
Preliminary matters
3: Purpose
The purpose of this Act is—
a: to record the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū in the deed of settlement; and
b: to give effect to certain provisions of the deed of settlement that settles the historical claims of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū.
4: Provisions to take effect on settlement date
1: The provisions of this Act take effect on the settlement date unless stated otherwise.
2: Before the date on which a provision takes effect, a person may prepare or sign a document or do anything else that is required for—
a: the provision to have full effect on that date; or
b: a power to be exercised under the provision on that date; or
c: a duty to be performed under the provision on that date.
5: Act binds the Crown
This Act binds the Crown.
6: Outline
1: This section is a guide to the overall scheme and effect of this Act, but does not affect the interpretation or application of the other provisions of this Act or of the deed of settlement.
2: This Part—
a: sets out the purpose of this Act; and
b: provides that the provisions of this Act take effect on the settlement date unless a provision states otherwise; and
c: specifies that the Act binds the Crown; and
d: records the text of the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū, as recorded in the deed of settlement; and
e: defines terms used in this Act, including key terms such as the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū and historical claims; and
f: provides that the settlement of the historical claims is final; and
g: provides for—
i: the effect of the settlement of the historical claims on the jurisdiction of a court, tribunal, or other judicial body in respect of the historical claims; and
ii: a consequential amendment to the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
iii: the effect of the settlement on certain memorials; and
iv: the exclusion of the limit on the duration of a trust
v: access to the deed of settlement.
3: Part 2
a: cultural redress that does not involve the vesting of land, namely,—
i: a requirement for the Hawke's Bay Regional Council to establish a fund relating to parts of 4 water catchments surrounding Tangoio Soil Conservation Reserve in the area of interest and to reach agreement with the trustees on the application of any money in the fund; and
ii: a requirement that the Minister of Conservation, the Director-General, and the trustees enter into Te Kawenata; and
iii: protocols for Crown minerals and taonga tūturu on the terms set out in the documents schedule; and
iv: a statutory acknowledgement by the Crown of the statements made by the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū of their cultural, historical, spiritual, and traditional association with certain statutory areas and the effect of that acknowledgement; and
v: deeds of recognition in respect of certain statutory areas; and
vi: a Tātai Tūāpapa (an overlay classification) in respect of certain areas and the Crown's acknowledgement of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū statement of values in relation to those areas; and
vii: the requirement that the trustees be appointed as an advisory committee in relation to any proposed changes to prohibitions and restrictions relating to finfish in the waters in the area in Hawke's Bay known as the Wairoa Hard; and
viii: the assignment and alteration of place names; and
b: cultural redress requiring vesting in the trustees of the fee simple estate in certain cultural redress properties; and
c: the vesting in the trustees of 4 properties with a gifting back of the properties by the trustees to the Crown for the people of New Zealand.
4: Part 3
a: the transfer of commercial redress properties (including licensed land) to give effect to the deed of settlement:
b: rights of access to protected sites on the licensed land:
c: a right of first refusal over RFR land that may be exercised by the trustees.
5: There are 6 schedules, as follows:
a: Schedule 1
b: Schedule 2
c: Schedule 3
d: Schedule 4
e: Schedule 5
f: Schedule 6 Section 6(2)(g)(iv) amended 30 January 2021 section 161 Trusts Act 2019 Acknowledgements and apology of the Crown
7: Acknowledgements and apology
1: Sections 8 9
2: The acknowledgements and apology are to be read in conjunction with the account of the historical relations between the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū and the Crown recorded in part 2 of the deed of settlement.
8: Text of Crown acknowledgements
Whakaaetanga
1: E ai ki ngā whākinga a te Karauna ko te whāinga o ngā aureretanga a te Hapū he tino takaroa.
2: E whāki ake ana te Karauna arā i te wā i hokona ai e ia te rohe whenua o Ahuriri i te tau 1851—
a: Kāore i uiui atu ki te Hapū i te tīmatanga o ngā whiriwhiri; ā
b: I tahuri ake te Karauna ki te hoko i taua whenua mō te utu iti rawa e whakaaehia ai e Ngāi Māori ā i āta mōhio kāore rawa i rata atu te Hapū ki te wāhanga i whakawhiwhia ai rātau mō te utunga; ā
c: Kīhai ngā Māori o Tangoio i whiwhi ki te katoa o ngā hua ka toko ake i ngā take ohaoha o te urunga mai o te hunga noho whenua Tauiwi i kī ake ai te Karauna ka whiwhi rātau mena ka whakaae atu kia hokona mō te utu i tukua atu e te Karauna; ā
d: Kāore te Karauna i āta whakarite kia rāhuihia he whenua mai i te hokonga o Ahuriri i haumaruhia e te mana pupuri o te Hapū ā he takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono.
3: E whāki ake ana te Karauna arā i te wā i hokona ai e ia te rohe whenua o Mōhaka i te tau 1851—
a: He iti noa tana utu ā kāore hoki a Ngāi Tahu i whiwhi i te katoa o ngā hua putaputa noa mai te nohonga whenua a Tauiwi i pōhēhē ai rātau ka whiwhi mā te whakaaenga ki te utu iti rawa; ā
b: He takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi mā te kore e āta whakarite whenua rāhuiā mō Ngāi Tahu.
4: E whāki ana te Karauna i te tau 1866 tua atu i te whai tonu i te rongomau ki Ōmarunui ka tahi kē ka tukua tana tono whakamutunga kia tuku ki raro te hunga i roto i te pā. Mai i tēnei ka huri ngā hōia o te Karauna ki te whakaeke me te mōrearea noa o te oranga o ngā tāne o ngā wāhine o ngā tamariki i roto o te pā. Rua tekau ngā tāngata i mate i a rātau e wawao ana i a rātau ake mai i ngā tira pakanga a te Karauna i Ōmarunui i Petane hoki. E whāki ana te Karauna he takahĪ mana ēnei whakaeke he takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono.
5: E whāki ana te Karauna ko te mauherenga me te kore whakawā ki ngā tūmomo āhua matangerengere rawa atu i runga o ngā motu o Wharekauri tata ki te rua tau o ngā uri tekau mā toru o te Hapū i muri i tō rātau uiuinga i Ōmarunui he tino takahi mana he takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono.
6: E whāki ana te Karauna kō ngā mahi whakamate o ana tira whawhai i Ngātapa i te Kohi-tātea o te tau 1869 he takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono i pokea ai te mana o te Karauna.
7: E whāki ana te Karauna ā—
a: I te tau 1867 i pānuihia he takiwā raupatu tata kia pou katoa atu te takiwā o te Hapū; ā
b: Whai ake ana ngā hua tuku iho katoa o te Hapū ki ō rātau whenua ki tēnei takiwā i wetoa ā ka puritia e te Karauna te rohe whenua o Tangoio ki te Raki kō atu i te 9000 eka ā he takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono.
8: Ka whāki atu anō te Karauna arā ko te nuinga o ngā whenua i roto i te rohe raupatu i whakaae ai ia ki te whakahoki ki a Ngāi Māori te mana pupuri i te tau 1870 ka puritia tonu e te Karauna te mana kō atu i te whā tekau tau tae noa atu ki te tukunga o ngā tohanga a te Karauna i ngā mana pupuri ki a Ngāi Māori i noho pū ki aua whenua.
9: Ka whāki te Karauna kāore rawa ia i whakarite i tētahi tirotiro motuhake i ngā hua tuku iho o te Hapū ki ngā rohe whenua i whakaae ia kia whakahokia atu ki a Ngāi Māori te mana pupuri i te tau 1870 ā—
a: I te tau 1870 i tukua e ia kō atu i te 30 000 eka ki Kaiwaka hei tākoha atu ki tētahi kūpapa a te Karauna; ā
b: I parea e te Karauna ngā uri o te Hapū mai i ngā mana pupuri mō Kaiwaka ā he takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono.
10: E whāki ake ana te Karauna nā tana kore e rongo i ngā tono maha a te Hapū kia tirotirohia ō rātau tika ki Kaiwaka i kino atu ai te whakatoihara a te takahanga nei. I amohia e te Hapū ngā tūmomo utu teitei mō ngā raru ture i tā rātau whai i ō rātau tika ki Kaiwaka.
11: E whāki ana te Karauna ā—
a: Kāore ia i uiui atu ki te Hapū i mua i te tukunga o ngā ture whenua taketake i te rautau tekau mā iwa i puta ai te tikanga kia tū ko ia tangata noa hei mana pupuri whenua i riro ai taua mana pupuri ki te iwi katoa i mua atu; ā
b: I te tau 1866 i tukua e te Kōti Whenua Taketake te mana pupuri mō te whenua rāhui o Moeangiangi me ngā rohe whenua o Petane o Te Pāhou hoki ki ngā tāngata tokoiti iho i te tekau a tae rawa atu ki te tau 1873 kua hokona kē e ia mana pupuri te katoa o ngā rohe whenua a te Hapū; ā
c: Mā te tuku i aua tāngata ki te hoko noa i ngā whenua rāhui ki Moeangiangi me ngā rohe whenua o Petane me Te Pāhou nā te Hapū kē kāore te ture whenua taketake i whai i ngā ōati a te Karauna kia haumaruhia ngā hua a te Hapū ki aua rohe whenua ā he takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono.
12: E whāki ana te Karauna ko te tukunga here o te Tonga o Tangoio ki te Poari Whenua Māori o te Takiwā o Ikaroa i te tau 1907 he takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono.
13: E whāki ana te Karauna mai i te tau 1911 ki te tau 1930 i hokona tata ki te katoa o ngā whenua i whakahokia atu ki ia uri o te Hapū i te tau 1870. E whāki ake ana hoki te Karauna nāna pū—
a: Te mahi tinihanga ki roto i ngā ture whenua taketake mō Ngāi Māori ki te whakatau ā-rōpū nei kātahi ka huri ake ki te hoko haere i te maha o ngā whenua mai ia mana pupuri i muri ake i ngā whakataunga o ngā huihuinga kia kaua e hoko i ō rātau whenua; ā
b: Kāhore i hāngai pū ngā mahi a te Karauna i tōna mana apunga nā tana ārai i ētahi mana pupuri whenua o te Hapū ki te whakaoti ake i ā rātau whiriwhiri me ngā hunga motuhake ki te kawe i ngā rīhi mō ō rātau whenua kia wātea ai te Karauna ki te hoko; ā
c: I kō kē atu ana mahi tinihanga i tōnā mana apunga mā te tuku kia tārewa noa mō te wā roa nei ki runga ki ētahi o aua hunga kīhai nei i hiahia ki te hoko atu ki te Karauna i te mutunga i pērā nā tō rātau whai kia puta he hua mai i ō rātau whenua; ā
d: I huri te Karauna ki āna mahi nanakia mō ētahi o ngā mana pupuri i hiahia ai ki te hoko ā kia whiwhi ai ia i te maha o ngā whenua ā maenga ake kō rātau kāore nei i hoko atu ka raru i te itiiti noa o ngā whenua hei pūtake mō rātau i waenga o te takiwā; ā
e: Ko ngā mahi a te Karauna he mahi tinihanga he mahi takatakahi ā kāore hoki i tae ki te taumata o te pono o te whakaaro pai e kī mai rā i roto i Te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono.
14: Ka whāki ake te Karauna nā tana kore e haumaru i te Hapū mai i te noho kore whenua mō ō rātau hiahia o aua wā me ngā wā ō muri mai ā tae rawa atu ki ngā tau o ngā 1930s—
a: I tino murua te oranga ohaoha, te oranga hāpori tae atu ki te tikanga-ā-iwi me tō rātau tairanga ake ā he takahanga i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono; ā
b: He tino pānga hoki ki te hekenga o te tatau tāngata o ngā uri o te Hapū i mua atu i te tau 1930 ā he roa rawa te noho o ngā uri o te Hapū e tāmia ana e te rawa kore, te māuiui noa, te hauarea noa o ngā kāinga me ngā taumata mātauranga pāpaku noa iho.
15: E whāki ana te Karauna nā te turaki haere i ngā ngahere me ngā kaupapa ahuwhenua i ngā tau mutunga o te rautau tekau mā iwa me te tīmatanga o te rautau rua tekau i tāpiri atu ki ngā tino takahuringa o te taiao i te takiwā o te Hapū pērā i te pikinga ake o te horoa whenua me te waipuke hoki. Ka whāki ake anō te Karauna—
a: I te ngoi kore noa o te oranga o te Roto o Tūtira; ā
b: Te pānga o te paru o te para ki te tahatai; ā
c: Te murunga te rironga hoki o ngā mahinga kai o te Hapū; ā
d: Ko te tino rarunga o ngā waipukenga ki te hāpori ki te marae hoki i Tangoio. Acknowledgements
1: The Crown acknowledges that addressing the grievances of the Hapū is long overdue.
2: The Crown acknowledges that when it purchased the Ahuriri block in 1851—
a: it failed to consult the Hapū in the first stage of the negotiations; and
b: the Crown sought to purchase this land for the lowest price Māori would accept, and was aware that the Hapū were discontented with their share of the purchase price; and
c: Tangoio Māori did not receive the full, ongoing economic benefits from European settlement the Crown led them to expect if they agreed to sell for the price offered by the Crown; and
d: the Crown did not ensure that adequate reserves of land from the Ahuriri purchase were protected in Hapū ownership, and this was a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
3: The Crown acknowledges that when it acquired the Mohaka block in 1851—
a: it paid a low price, and Ngāi Tahu did not receive the full, ongoing benefits from European settlement they were led to expect in accepting a low price; and
b: it breached the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to ensure that adequate reserves were set aside for Ngāi Tahu.
4: The Crown acknowledges that in 1866, rather than continue negotiations to preserve the peace at Omarunui, it issued an unreasonable ultimatum demanding the surrender of all those inside the pā. This led to a Crown military attack, which endangered the lives of all men, women, and children inside the pā. The Crown’s forces killed more than 20 people defending themselves at Omarunui and Petane. The Crown acknowledges that these attacks were an injustice and breached the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
5: The Crown acknowledges that the detention without trial in harsh conditions on the Chatham Islands for nearly 2 years of at least 13 members of the Hapū after they were interrogated at Omarunui was an injustice and a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
6: The Crown acknowledges that the summary executions by Crown forces at Ngatapa in January 1869 breached the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles and tarnished the honour of the Crown.
7: The Crown acknowledges that—
a: in 1867 it proclaimed a confiscation district which included most of the takiwā of the Hapū; and
b: subsequently, all the customary interests of the Hapū in their land in this district were extinguished and the Crown retained the Tangoio North block of more than 9 000 acres and these actions breached the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
8: The Crown further acknowledges that most of the land in the confiscation district, which it agreed to return to Māori ownership in 1870, remained in Crown title for more than 40 years until Crown grants were issued to the Māori owners who had been occupying it.
9: The Crown acknowledges that it never provided for any independent investigation of the customary interests of the Hapū in the blocks it agreed to return to Māori ownership in 1870 and that—
a: in 1870 it used more than 30 000 acres at Kaiwaka to reward a Crown ally; and
b: the Crown excluded Hapū members from the ownership of Kaiwaka and this was a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
10: The Crown further acknowledges that it made the prejudice arising from this breach worse by declining repeated requests from the Hapū to allow an investigation into their rights in Kaiwaka. The Hapū bore crippling legal expenses as a result of trying to establish their legal rights to Kaiwaka.
11: The Crown acknowledges that—
a: it did not consult the Hapū before introducing native land laws in the 19th century, which provided for the individualisation of Māori land holdings that had previously been held in tribal tenure; and
b: in 1866 the Native Land Court awarded ownership of the Moeangiangi Reserve and the Petane and Te Pahou blocks to fewer than 10 individuals, and by 1873, individual owners had sold all the Hapū land in these blocks; and
c: by allowing these individuals to sell Hapū land in the Moeangiangi Reserve and the Petane and Te Pahou blocks, the native land legislation did not reflect the Crown’s obligation to actively protect the interests of the Hapū in these blocks, and this was a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
12: The Crown acknowledges that the compulsory vesting of Tangoio South in the Ikaroa District Māori Land Board in 1907 breached the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
13: The Crown acknowledges that between 1911 and 1930 it purchased nearly all of the land returned to Hapū individuals in 1870. The Crown further acknowledges that—
a: it made a sham of a provision in the native land laws for Māori to make land alienation decisions collectively by purchasing substantial quantities of land from individual owners after the owners had collectively decided at hui not to sell their land; and
b: the Crown misused its monopoly powers by preventing some land owners of the Hapū from completing negotiations with private parties to lease their land so the Crown could purchase it; and
c: it further misused its monopoly powers by imposing them for long periods on some owners who had shown no inclination to sell to the Crown and were left with little choice but to sell to the Crown if they wished to derive economic benefits from their land; and
d: the Crown exploited the willingness of some owners to sell, to acquire so much land that those who did not wish to sell were left with too little land to maintain a viable presence in the region; and
e: the Crown's actions were unfair, oppressive, and did not live up to the standards of good faith and fair dealing, which are expressed in the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
14: The Crown acknowledges that its failure to protect the Hapū from being left with insufficient land for their present and future needs by the 1930s—
a: had a devastating impact on their economic, social, and cultural well-being and on their development and was a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles; and
b: contributed to significant population losses suffered by the Hapū before 1930, and that for too long Hapū members have endured poverty, poor health, poor housing, and low educational standards.
15: The Crown acknowledges that extensive deforestation and pastoral farming in the late 19th and early 20th centuries has contributed to significant environmental change in the Hapū takiwā with increased erosion and flooding. The Crown further acknowledges—
a: the poor health of Lake Tūtira:
b: the pollution of the coastline:
c: the degradation and loss of many mahinga kai of the Hapū:
d: the severe impact of flooding on the community and marae at Tangoio.
9: Text of the Crown's apology
Whakapāha
1: E tuku ana te Karauna i tēnei whakapāha ki te Hapū, ki ō rātau tīpuna ki o rātau uri hoki.
2: E tino pouri ana te Karauna mō tana kore e hāpai i ana ōati mai i te Tiriti o Waitangi ā i ana takahanga hoki i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono i roto i ana kōkiri me te Hapū. E aronui ana te Karauna i te puku mahi i ngā piki i ngā heke o ngā tīpuna o te Hapū i ā rātau whai i ngā tono atu ki te Karauna tērā kia noho tōtika aua take i raro i te ture.
3: Ka nui te tino pāpouri o te Karauna mō ana whakaeke poka noa ki runga o Ōmarunui me Petane hoki i te tau 1866, ngā hunga i parekurahia tae atu hoki ki ērā o koutou i riro kia mauherehia. E tino whakapāha ana te Karauna mō ana mahi parahako ki te Hapū mai i ana pānuitanga i tētahi takiwā raupatu, te murunga o te Raki o Tangoio me te ārai i te Hapū mai i te mana pupuri ō Kaiwaka.
4: E tino pāpouri ana te Karauna i ana mahi i tino piki ake ai aua mahi parahako mā tana hokonga i te nuinga o ngā toetoenga whenua ō te Hapū i mua atu i te tau 1930 mā ngā tūmomo āhua takatakahi mana ārai tikanga tangata. E tino pouri ana te Karauna mō tana waiho kia noho tata whenua kore te Hapū me ngā raruraru i pā ki o koutou rōpū-ā-iwi me te tuku i a koutou kia whakaatu ake i ō koutou tika tuku iho hoki. E whakapāha ana te Karauna mō tana kore e whai whakaaro ki te rangatiratanga o te Hapū me ngā tūmomo mahi ngā tūmomo warewarenga hoki a te Karauna i pā atu ai ki ō whenua ki ō tauranga ika me ērā atu taonga me tō koutou pūkaha ki te whakatairanga ā-iwi ā-ohaoha hoki.
5: E whāki ake ana te Karauna he maha ngā reanga hono o ngā whānau kua mate oti atu. E tino pāpouri ana ia mō te noho rawa kore me te māuiui noa i pā ki ō uri. Ka nui tana pouri mō ana mahi mō ana warewarenga hoki i raru ai tō pūkaha kia whakatairanga ake i tō noho ā-hāpori ā-ohaoha me tō oranga tinana oranga ahurea oranga wairua hoki.
6: Mā roto mai i tēnei whakataunga e rapu ana te Karauna i te huarahi hei tāpae ake i ana mahi hē ki te Hapū ki te whakaū i te mana ki tōna taumata me te tīmata ake i te hātepe whakaora. E manako ana te Karauna mā te whakapāha nei e toko ake ai he hononga hōu i waenga i te Karauna me te Hapū mai i te piripono ki te Tiriti o Waitangi me ōna mātāpono. Apology
1: The Crown makes this apology to the Hapū, their ancestors, and their descendants.
2: The Crown is deeply sorry that it has not always lived up to its Treaty of Waitangi obligations and that it has breached the Treaty of Waitangi, and its principles, in its dealings with the Hapū. The Crown recognises the tireless efforts and struggles of the ancestors of the Hapū in the pursuit of their longstanding claims for justice and redress from the Crown.
3: The Crown is deeply remorseful for its unjust attacks on Omarunui and Petane in 1866, the deaths that were caused, and the subsequent imprisonment of some of your people. The Crown sincerely apologises for the immense prejudice it inflicted on the Hapū by the proclamation of a confiscation district, the loss of Tangoio North, and the exclusion of the Hapū from the ownership of Kaiwaka.
4: The Crown profoundly regrets compounding this prejudice by purchasing most of the remaining land of the Hapū before 1930 in ways that were unfair and oppressive. The Crown is very sorry it left the Hapū virtually landless, and for the harm this caused to your tribal structures and ability to exercise customary rights and responsibilities. The Crown apologises for its failure to respect the rangatiratanga of the Hapū and for Crown acts and omissions which have impacted on your lands, fisheries, and other taonga, and your capacity for social and economic development.
5: The Crown acknowledges that many family lines have died out and cannot be brought back. It profoundly regrets the poverty and poor health which have long afflicted your people. It deeply regrets its acts and omissions which have affected your capacity for social and economic development and your physical, cultural, and spiritual well-being.
6: Through this settlement the Crown is seeking to atone for its past wrongs towards the Hapū, to restore its tarnished honour, and to begin the process of healing. The Crown hopes that this apology will mark the beginning of a new relationship between the Crown and the Hapū based on respect for the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles. Interpretation
10: Interpretation of Act generally
It is the intention of Parliament that the provisions of this Act are interpreted in a manner that best furthers the agreements expressed in the deed of settlement.
11: Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— administering body section 2(1 aquatic life section 2(1) area of interest attachments commercial redress property section 108 Commissioner of Crown Lands section 24AA computer register
a: has the meaning given in section 4
b: includes, where relevant, a certificate of title issued under the Land Transfer Act 1952 consent authority section 2(1) conservation area section 2(1) conservation legislation
a: the Conservation Act 1987
b: the enactments listed in Schedule 1 conservation management plan section 2(1) conservation management strategy section 2(1) Crown section 2(1) cultural redress property section 71 deed of recognition
a: means a deed of recognition issued under section 46
i: the Minister of Conservation and the Director-General; or
ii: the Commissioner of Crown Lands; and
b: includes any amendments made under section 46(4) deed of settlement
a: means the deed of settlement dated 25 May 2013 and signed by—
i: the Honourable Christopher Finlayson, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, for and on behalf of the Crown; and
ii: Bevan Maihi Taylor, Tania Marama Petrus Hopmans, Tamehana Pekapeka Manaena, Charmaine Dawn Kui Butler, Kerri Donna Nuku, Justin Owen Ian Puna, Frederick Roy Maadi Reti, and Elaine Rangituia Taylor, being the trustees of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust and for and on behalf of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū; and
b: includes—
i: the schedules of, and attachments to, the deed; and
ii: any amendments to the deed or its schedules and attachments Director-General documents schedule effective date gifting-back property section 107(5) Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga section 9 historical claims section 13 interest LINZ local authority section 5(1) Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust member of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū section 12(1)(a) national park management plan management plan section 2 property redress schedule regional council section 2(1) Registrar-General section 4 related company section 2(3) representative entity
a: the trustees; and
b: any person (including any trustee) acting for or on behalf of—
i: the collective group referred to in section 12(1)(a)
ii: 1 or more members of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū; or
iii: 1 or more of the whānau, hapū, or groups referred to in section 12(1)(b) reserve section 2(1) reserve property section 71 resource consent section 2(1) RFR subpart 4 RFR area section 121 RFR land section 122 settlement date statutory acknowledgement section 37 subsidiary section 5 Tātai Tūāpapa section 51 trustees of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust trustees working day
a: a Saturday, a Sunday, Waitangi Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, the Sovereign’s birthday, Te Rā Aro ki a Matariki/Matariki Observance Day, and Labour Day; and
b: if Waitangi Day or Anzac Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday; and
c: a day in the period commencing with 25 December in any year and ending with the close of 15 January in the following year; and
d: the days observed as the anniversaries of the provinces of Hawke's Bay and Wellington. Section 11 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga inserted 20 May 2014 section 107 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 Section 11 Historic Places Trust repealed 20 May 2014 section 107 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 Section 11 working day replaced 12 April 2022 wehenga 7 Te Ture mō te Hararei Tūmatanui o te Kāhui o Matariki 2022 section 7 Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Act 2022
12: Meaning of Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū
1: In this Act, Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Hapū
a: the collective group composed of individuals who are descended from 1 or more Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū tīpuna; and
b: every whānau, hapū, or group to the extent that it is composed of individuals referred to in paragraph (a)
i: Ngāti Kurumōkihi (formerly known as Ngāi Tatara); and
ii: Marangatūhetaua (also known as Ngāti Tū); and
iii: Ngāti Whakaari; and
iv: Ngāi Tauira; and
v: Ngāi Te Ruruku ki Tangoio; and
vi: Ngāi Tahu; and
c: every individual referred to in paragraph (a)
2: In this section and section 13 customary rights
a: rights to occupy land; and
b: rights in relation to the use of land or other natural or physical resources descended
a: birth; or
b: legal adoption Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū tipuna
a: exercised customary rights by virtue of being descended from—
i: Tataramoa (for Ngāi Tatara and Ngāti Kurumōkihi); or
ii: Tukapua I (for Marangatūhetaua (Ngāti Tū)); or
iii: Whakaari (for Ngāti Whakaari); or
iv: Tauira and Mateawha (for Ngāi Tauira); or
v: Te Ruruku through Hemi Puna and Taraipene Tuaitu (for Ngāi Te Ruruku ki Tangoio); or
vi: Tahumatua II (for Ngāi Tahu) and the tīpuna named in 1 of subparagraphs (i) to (v)
b: exercised the customary rights in relation to the area of interest at any time after 6 February 1840.
13: Meaning of historical claims
1: In this Act, historical claims
a: means the claims described in subsection (2)
b: includes the claims described in subsection (3); but
c: does not include the claims described in subsection (4)
2: The historical claims are every claim that the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū or a representative entity had on or before the settlement date, or may have after the settlement date, and that—
a: is founded on a right arising—
i: from the Treaty of Waitangi or its principles; or
ii: under legislation; or
iii: at common law (including aboriginal title or customary law); or
iv: from a fiduciary duty; or
v: otherwise; and
b: arises from, or relates to, acts or omissions before 21 September 1992—
i: by or on behalf of the Crown; or
ii: by or under legislation.
3: The historical claims include any claim to the Waitangi Tribunal, including each of the following claims, to the extent that subsection (2)
a: Wai 119—Mohaka Purchase claim:
b: Wai 201—Wairoa ki Wairarapa claims/Ngāti Kahungunu generic claim:
c: Wai 299—Mohaka-Waikare Raupatu/Confiscation claim:
d: Wai 400—Ahuriri Purchase claim.
4: However, the historical claims do not include—
a: Wai 55—Te Whanganui-ā-Orotu claim (negotiated by another Crown-approved mandated body on behalf of Marangatūhetaua and Ngāi Te Ruruku ki Tangoio); or
b: Wai 692—Napier Hospital and Health Services claim (negotiated by another Crown-approved mandated body on behalf of the Hapū); or
c: a claim that a member of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū, or a whānau, hapū, or group referred to in section 12(1)(b)
d: a claim that a representative entity had or may have that is based on a claim referred to in paragraph (c)
5: A claim may be a historical claim whether or not the claim has arisen or been considered, researched, registered, notified, or made on or before the settlement date. Historical claims settled and jurisdiction of courts, etc, removed
14: Settlement of historical claims final
1: The historical claims are settled.
2: The settlement of the historical claims is final, and, on and from the settlement date, the Crown is released and discharged from all obligations and liabilities in respect of those claims.
3: Subsections (1) and (2)
4: Despite any other enactment or rule of law, on and from the settlement date, no court, tribunal, or other judicial body has jurisdiction (including the jurisdiction to inquire or further inquire, or to make a finding or recommendation) in respect of—
a: the historical claims; or
b: the deed of settlement; or
c: this Act; or
d: the redress provided under the deed of settlement or this Act.
5: Subsection (4) Amendment to Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
15: Amendment to Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
1: This section amends the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
2: In Schedule 3 Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Claims Settlement Act 2014, section 14(4) and (5) 2014-04-17 Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 Resumptive memorials no longer to apply
16: Certain enactments do not apply
1: The enactments listed in subsection (2)
a: to a commercial redress property; or
b: to land in the RFR area; or
c: for the benefit of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū or a representative entity.
2: The enactments are—
a: Part 3
b: sections 568 to 570
c: Part 3
d: sections 27A to 27C
e: sections 8A to 8HJ Section 16(2)(b) replaced 1 August 2020 section 668 Education and Training Act 2020
17: Resumptive memorials to be cancelled
1: The chief executive of LINZ must issue to the Registrar-General 1 or more certificates that specify the legal description of, and identify the computer register for, each allotment that is subject to a resumptive memorial recorded under any enactment listed in section 16(2)
a: is all or part of a commercial redress property; or
b: is solely within the RFR area.
2: The chief executive of LINZ must issue a certificate as soon as is reasonably practicable after the settlement date.
3: Each certificate must state that it is issued under this section.
4: As soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a certificate, the Registrar-General must—
a: register the certificate against each computer register identified in the certificate; and
b: cancel each memorial recorded under an enactment listed in section 16(2) Miscellaneous matters
18: Limit on duration of trusts does not apply
1: A limit on the duration of a trust in any rule of law, and a limit in the provisions of any Act, including section 16
a: do not prescribe or restrict the period during which—
i: the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust may exist in law; or
ii: the trustees of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust may hold or deal with property or income derived from property; and
b: do not apply to a document entered into to give effect to the deed of settlement if the application of that rule or the provisions of that Act would otherwise make the document, or a right conferred by the document, invalid or ineffective.
2: However, if the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust is, or becomes, a charitable trust, the trust may continue indefinitely under section 16(6)(a) Section 18 heading replaced 30 January 2021 section 161 Trusts Act 2019 Section 18(1) amended 30 January 2021 section 161 Trusts Act 2019 Section 18(2) amended 30 January 2021 section 161 Trusts Act 2019
19: Access to deed of settlement
The chief executive of the Ministry of Justice must make copies of the deed of settlement available—
a: for inspection free of charge, and for purchase at a reasonable price, at the head office of the Ministry of Justice in Wellington between 9 am and 5 pm on any working day; and
b: free of charge on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
2: Cultural redress
1: Tangoio
20: Interpretation
In this subpart,— catchments fund section 21 catchments management area
a: Esk water catchment:
b: Te Ngarue water catchment:
c: Waipātiki water catchment:
d: Aropaoanui water catchment Council environment section 2(1) reserve fund Tangoio Soil Conservation Reserve reserve Schedule 1 section 16
21: Council must establish and administer catchments fund
1: The Council must establish a catchments fund by opening a dedicated account at a registered bank.
2: The Council must administer the catchments fund.
22: Application of money in catchments fund
1: The Council and the trustees must agree on the application of the money in the catchments fund.
2: The Council may apply the money in the catchments fund only for the following purposes:
a: maintaining the physical, chemical, and biological qualities of the soil in the catchments management area:
b: avoiding, remedying, or mitigating soil erosion and its effects on the environment in the catchments management area.
3: Neither the Council nor the trustees must unreasonably withhold consent to any proposed application of money in the catchments fund under subsection (1)
4: To avoid doubt, subsection (2)
5: The Council must return any money generated from the application of money under subsection (1)
23: Transfers from reserve fund to catchments fund
1: The Council may, from time to time, transfer money from the reserve fund to the catchments fund if the Council is satisfied that the transfer will not adversely affect its obligations under section 16(4)
2: The Council must, at least once every 3 years after the settlement date, assess whether any money may be transferred from the reserve fund to the catchments fund in accordance with subsection (1)
24: Application of Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941
1: Nothing in the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941
2: To avoid doubt, nothing in this subpart derogates from the Council's obligations under the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941
25: Power of LINZ to obtain information relating to catchments fund
1: LINZ may request the Council to supply it with any information in relation to the catchments fund that is necessary to enable LINZ to meet its reporting obligations under the Public Finance Act 1989
2: A request under subsection (1)
a: must be in writing; and
b: state the date by which, and the manner in which, the information requested must be provided.
3: If the Council receives a request under subsection (1)
a: provide a written response; and
b: provide a copy of the response to the trustees.
2: Te Kawenata
26: Interpretation
In this subpart,— conservation document freshwater fisheries management plan section 2(1) Te Kawenata
27: Authority to enter into Te Kawenata
Not later than the settlement date, the Minister of Conservation, the Director-General, and the trustees of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust must enter into Te Kawenata.
28: Noting of Te Kawenata on conservation documents
1: The Director-General must ensure that a summary of Te Kawenata is noted on every conservation document affecting Te Kawenata Area (as defined in Te Kawenata).
2: The noting of the summary—
a: is for the purpose of public notice only; and
b: does not amend a conservation document for the purposes of the Conservation Act 1987
29: Te Kawenata subject to rights, functions, duties, and powers
1: Te Kawenata does not limit or affect—
a: the rights, functions, duties, or powers of the Crown, including (without limitation) the Crown's ability to—
i: introduce legislation; or
ii: change government policy; or
b: the functions, duties, or powers of the Minister of Conservation or the Director-General.
2: Te Kawenata does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to,—
a: land or any other resource held, managed, or administered under the conservation legislation; or
b: the common marine and coastal area (as defined in section 9(1)
30: Enforcement of Te Kawenata
1: The Crown and the trustees must comply with Te Kawenata unless they agree to terminate it in accordance with its terms.
2: If the Crown fails to comply with Te Kawenata without good cause, the trustees may seek—
a: a public law remedy (for example, judicial review):
b: to enforce Te Kawenata, subject to the Crown Proceedings Act 1950
3: Despite subsection (2)
4: To avoid doubt, subsection (3) subsection (2)
5: Subsection (2)
3: Protocols
31: Interpretation
In this subpart,— protocol
a: means each of the following protocols issued under section 32(1)(a)
i: the Crown minerals protocol:
ii: the taonga tūturu protocol; and
b: includes any amendments made under section 32(1)(b) responsible Minister
a: for the Crown minerals protocol, the Minister of Energy and Resources:
b: for the taonga tūturu protocol, the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage:
c: for any protocol, any other Minister of the Crown authorised by the Prime Minister to exercise powers and perform functions and duties in relation to the protocol. General provisions applying to protocols
32: Issuing, amending, and cancelling protocols
1: Each responsible Minister—
a: must issue a protocol to the trustees on the terms set out in part 5 of the documents schedule; and
b: may amend or cancel that protocol.
2: The responsible Minister may amend or cancel a protocol at the initiative of—
a: the trustees; or
b: the responsible Minister.
3: The responsible Minister may amend or cancel a protocol only after consulting, and having particular regard to the views of, the trustees.
33: Protocols subject to rights, functions, and duties
Protocols do not restrict—
a: the ability of the Crown to exercise its powers and perform its functions and duties in accordance with the law and government policy, for example, the ability to—
i: introduce legislation and change government policy; and
ii: interact with or consult a person the Crown considers appropriate, including any iwi, hapū, marae, whānau, or other representative of tāngata whenua; or
b: the responsibilities of a responsible Minister or a department of State; or
c: the legal rights of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū or a representative entity.
34: Enforcement of protocols
1: The Crown must comply with a protocol while it is in force.
2: If the Crown fails to comply with a protocol without good cause, the trustees may enforce the protocol, subject to the Crown Proceedings Act 1950
3: Despite subsection (2)
4: To avoid doubt,—
a: subsections (1) and (2)
b: subsection (3) subsection (2) Crown minerals
35: Crown minerals protocol
1: The chief executive of the department of State responsible for the administration of the Crown Minerals Act 1991
a: a register of protocols maintained by the chief executive; and
b: the minerals programmes that affect the Crown minerals protocol area, but only when those programmes are changed.
2: The noting of the summary is—
a: for the purpose of public notice only; and
b: not a change to the minerals programmes for the purposes of the Crown Minerals Act 1991
3: The Crown minerals protocol does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, Crown minerals.
4: In this section,— Crown mineral section 2(1)
a: that is the property of the Crown under section 10 11
b: over which the Crown has jurisdiction under the Continental Shelf Act 1964 Crown minerals protocol area minerals programme section 2(1) Taonga tūturu
36: Taonga tūturu protocol
1: The taonga tūturu protocol does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, taonga tūturu.
2: In this section, taonga tūturu
a: has the meaning given in section 2(1)
b: includes ngā taonga tūturu, as defined in section 2(1)
4: Statutory acknowledgement and deeds of recognition
37: Interpretation
In this subpart,— affected person section 2AA(2) relevant consent authority statement of association
a: made by the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū of their particular cultural, historical, spiritual, and traditional association with the statutory area; and
b: set out in part 3 of the documents schedule statutory acknowledgement section 38 statutory area Schedule 2 statutory plan
a: means a district plan, regional coastal plan, regional plan, regional policy statement, or proposed policy statement as defined in section 43AA
b: includes a proposed plan, as defined in section 43AAC Statutory acknowledgement
38: Statutory acknowledgement by the Crown
The Crown acknowledges the statements of association for the statutory areas.
39: Purposes of statutory acknowledgement
The only purposes of the statutory acknowledgement are to—
a: require relevant consent authorities, the Environment Court, and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga sections 40 to 42
b: require relevant consent authorities to record the statutory acknowledgement on statutory plans that relate to the statutory areas and to provide summaries of resource consent applications or copies of notices of applications to the trustees in accordance with sections 43 44
c: enable the trustees and any member of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū to cite the statutory acknowledgement as evidence of the association of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū with a statutory area, in accordance with section 45 Section 39(a) amended 20 May 2014 section 107 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014
40: Relevant consent authorities to have regard to statutory acknowledgement
1: This section applies in relation to an application for a resource consent for an activity within, adjacent to, or directly affecting a statutory area.
2: On and from the effective date, a relevant consent authority must have regard to the statutory acknowledgement relating to the statutory area in deciding, under section 95E
3: Subsection (2) Resource Management Act 1991
41: Environment Court to have regard to statutory acknowledgement
1: This section applies to proceedings in the Environment Court in relation to an application for a resource consent for an activity within, adjacent to, or directly affecting a statutory area.
2: On and from the effective date, the Environment Court must have regard to the statutory acknowledgement relating to the statutory area in deciding, under section 274
3: Subsection (2) Resource Management Act 1991
42: Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and Environment Court to have regard to statutory acknowledgement
1: If, on or after the effective date, an application is made under section 44 56 61
a: Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, in exercising its powers under section 48 56 62
b: the Environment Court, in determining under section 59(1) 64(1)
2: In this section, archaeological site section 6 Section 42 replaced 20 May 2014 section 107 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014
43: Recording statutory acknowledgement on statutory plans
1: On and from the effective date, each relevant consent authority must attach information recording the statutory acknowledgement to all statutory plans that wholly or partly cover a statutory area.
2: The information attached to a statutory plan must include—
a: a copy of sections 38 to 42 44 45
b: descriptions of the statutory areas wholly or partly covered by the plan; and
c: the statement of association for each statutory area.
3: The attachment of information to a statutory plan under this section is for the purpose of public information only and, unless adopted by the relevant consent authority as part of the statutory plan, the information is not—
a: part of the statutory plan; or
b: subject to the provisions of Schedule 1
44: Provision of summary or notice to trustees
1: Each relevant consent authority must, for a period of 20 years on and from the effective date, provide the following to the trustees for each resource consent application for an activity within, adjacent to, or directly affecting a statutory area:
a: if the application is received by the consent authority, a summary of the application; or
b: if notice of the application is served on the consent authority under section 145(10)
2: A summary provided under subsection (1)(a) section 95B
3: The summary must be provided—
a: as soon as is reasonably practicable after the relevant consent authority receives the application; but
b: before the relevant consent authority decides under section 95
4: A copy of a notice must be provided under subsection (1)(b)
5: The trustees may, by written notice to a relevant consent authority,—
a: waive the right to be provided with a summary or copy of a notice under this section; and
b: state the scope of that waiver and the period it applies for.
6: This section does not affect the obligation of a relevant consent authority to decide,—
a: under section 95
b: under section 95E
45: Use of statutory acknowledgement
1: The trustees and any member of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū may, as evidence of the association of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū with a statutory area, cite the statutory acknowledgement that relates to that area in submissions and proceedings concerning activities within, adjacent to, or directly affecting the statutory area that are made to or before—
a: the relevant consent authorities; or
b: the Environment Court; or
c: Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga; or
d: the Environmental Protection Authority or a board of inquiry under Part 6AA
2: The content of a statement of association is not, by virtue of the statutory acknowledgement, binding as fact on—
a: the bodies referred to in subsection (1)
b: parties to proceedings before those bodies; or
c: any other person who is entitled to participate in those proceedings.
3: However, the bodies and persons specified in subsection (2)
4: To avoid doubt,—
a: neither the trustees nor members of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū are precluded from stating that the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū have an association with a statutory area that is not described in the statutory acknowledgement; and
b: the content and existence of the statutory acknowledgement do not limit any statement made. Section 45(1)(c) replaced 20 May 2014 section 107 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 Deeds of recognition
46: Issuing and amending deeds of recognition
1: This section applies in respect of the statutory areas listed in Part 2 of Schedule 2.
2: The Minister of Conservation and the Director-General must issue a deed of recognition in the form set out in part 4 of the documents schedule for the statutory areas administered by the Department of Conservation.
3: The Commissioner of Crown Lands must issue a deed of recognition in the form set out in part 4 of the documents schedule for the statutory areas administered by the Commissioner.
4: The person or persons who issue a deed of recognition may amend the deed, but only with the written consent of the trustees. General provisions relating to statutory acknowledgement and deeds of recognition
47: Application of statutory acknowledgement and deed of recognition to river or stream
1: If any part of the statutory acknowledgement applies to a river or stream, including a tributary, that part of the acknowledgement—
a: applies only to—
i: the continuously or intermittently flowing body of fresh water, including a modified watercourse, that comprises the river or stream; and
ii: the bed of the river or stream, which is the land that the waters of the river or stream cover at their fullest flow without flowing over the banks of the river or stream; but
b: does not apply to—
i: a part of the bed of the river or stream that is not owned by the Crown; or
ii: an artificial watercourse.
2: If any part of a deed of recognition applies to a river or stream, including a tributary, that part of the deed—
a: applies only to the bed of the river or stream, which is the land that the waters of the river or stream cover at their fullest flow without flowing over the banks of the river or stream; but
b: does not apply to—
i: a part of the bed of the river or stream that is not owned and managed by the Crown; or
ii: the bed of an artificial watercourse.
48: Exercise of powers and performance of functions and duties
1: The statutory acknowledgement and a deed of recognition do not affect, and must not be taken into account by, a person exercising a power or performing a function or duty under an enactment or a bylaw.
2: A person, in considering a matter or making a decision or recommendation under an enactment or a bylaw, must not give greater or lesser weight to the association of the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū with a statutory area than that person would give if there were no statutory acknowledgement or deed of recognition for the statutory area.
3: Subsection (2) subsection (1)
4: This section is subject to—
a: the other provisions of this subpart; and
b: any obligation imposed on the Minister of Conservation, the Director-General, or the Commissioner of Crown Lands by a deed of recognition.
49: Rights not affected
1: The statutory acknowledgement and a deed of recognition do not—
a: affect the lawful rights or interests of a person who is not a party to the deed of settlement; or
b: have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, a statutory area.
2: This section is subject to the other provisions of this subpart. Consequential amendment to Resource Management Act 1991
50: Amendment to Resource Management Act 1991
1: This section amends the Resource Management Act 1991
2: In Schedule 11 Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū Claims Settlement Act 2014 2014-04-17 Resource Management Act 1991
5: Tātai Tūāpapa
51: Interpretation
In this subpart,— Conservation Board section 6L New Zealand Conservation Authority section 6A protection principles section 54(3) specified actions statement of values
a: made by the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Hapū of their values relating to their cultural, historical, spiritual, and traditional association with the Tātai Tūāpapa area; and
b: set out in part 1 of the documents schedule Tātai Tūāpapa Tātai Tūāpapa area
a: means an area that is declared under section 52(1)
b: does not include an area that is declared under section 63(1)
52: Declaration of Tātai Tūāpapa and the Crown's acknowledgement
1: Each area described in Schedule 3
2: The Crown acknowledges the statements of values for the Tātai Tūāpapa areas.
53: Purposes of Tātai Tūāpapa
The only purposes of Tātai Tūāpapa are to—
a: require the New Zealand Conservation Authority and relevant Conservation Boards to comply with the obligations in section 55
b: enable the taking of action under sections 56 to 61
54: Agreement on protection principles
1: The trustees and the Minister of Conservation may agree on and publicise protection principles that are intended to prevent the values stated in the statement of values for a Tātai Tūāpapa area from being harmed or diminished.
2: The protection principles set out in part 2 of the documents schedule are to be treated as having been agreed by the trustees and the Minister of Conservation.
3: The trustees and the Minister of Conservation may agree in writing to any amendments to the protection principles.
55: Obligations on New Zealand Conservation Authority and Conservation Boards
1: When the New Zealand Conservation Authority or a Conservation Board considers a conservation management strategy, conservation management plan, or national park management plan that relates to a Tātai Tūāpapa area, the Authority or Board must have particular regard to—
a: the statement of values for the area; and
b: the protection principles for the area.
2: Before approving a strategy or plan that relates to a Tātai Tūāpapa area, the New Zealand Conservation Authority or a Conservation Board must—
a: consult the trustees; and
b: have particular regard to the views of the trustees as to the effect of the strategy or plan on—
i: the statement of values for the area; and
ii: the protection principles for the area.
3: If the trustees advise the New Zealand Conservation Authority in writing that they have significant concerns about a draft conservation management strategy in relation to a Tātai Tūāpapa area, the Authority must, before approving the strategy, give the trustees an opportunity to make submissions in relation to those concerns.
56: Noting of Tātai Tūāpapa in strategies and plans
1: The application of the Tātai Tūāpapa to a Tātai Tūāpapa area must be noted in any conservation management strategy, conservation management plan, or national park management plan affecting the area.
2: The noting of the Tātai Tūāpapa is—
a: for the purpose of public notice only; and
b: not an amendment to the strategy or plan for the purposes of section 17I section 46
57: Notification in
Gazette
1: The Minister of Conservation must notify in the Gazette
a: the declaration made by section 52
b: the protection principles for each Tātai Tūāpapa area.
2: Any amendment to the protection principles agreed under section 54(3) Gazette
3: The Director-General may notify in the Gazette section 58 59
58: Actions by Director-General
1: The Director-General must take action in relation to the protection principles that relate to a Tātai Tūāpapa area, including the specified actions.
2: The Director-General retains complete discretion to determine the method and extent of the action to be taken.
3: The Director-General must notify the trustees in writing of any action intended to be taken.
59: Amendment to strategies or plans
1: The Director-General may initiate an amendment to a conservation management strategy, conservation management plan, or national park management plan to incorporate objectives for the protection principles that relate to a Tātai Tūāpapa area.
2: The Director-General must consult relevant Conservation Boards before initiating the amendment.
3: The amendment is an amendment for the purposes of section 17I(1) to (3) section 46(1) to (4)
60: Regulations
1: The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Conservation, make regulations for 1 or more of the following purposes:
a: to provide for the implementation of objectives included in a strategy or plan under section 59(1)
b: to regulate or prohibit activities or conduct by members of the public in relation to a Tātai Tūāpapa area:
c: to create offences for breaches of regulations made under paragraph (b)
d: to prescribe the following fines:
i: for an offence referred to in paragraph (c)
ii: for a continuing offence, an additional amount not exceeding $50 for every day on which the offence continues.
2: Regulations under this section are secondary legislation ( see Part 3 The following table is small in size and has 3 columns that are grouped under the heading Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section. Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section Publication PCO must publish it on the legislation website and notify it in the Gazette LA19 s 69(1)(c) Presentation The Minister must present it to the House of Representatives LA19 s 114 cl 32(1)(a) Disallowance It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115 116 This note is not part of the Act. Section 60(2) inserted 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021
61: Bylaws
1: The Minister of Conservation may make bylaws for 1 or more of the following purposes:
a: to provide for the implementation of objectives included in a strategy or plan under section 59(1)
b: to regulate or prohibit activities or conduct by members of the public in relation to a Tātai Tūāpapa area:
c: to create offences for breaches of bylaws made under paragraph (b)
d: to prescribe the following fines:
i: for an offence referred to in paragraph (c)
ii: for a continuing offence, an additional amount not exceeding $50 for every day on which the offence continues.
2: Bylaws under this section are secondary legislation ( see Part 3 The following table is small in size and has 3 columns that are grouped under the heading Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section. Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section Publication It is not required to be published LA19 s 73(2) Presentation It is not required to be presented to the House of Representatives because a transitional exemption applies under Schedule 1 LA19 s 114 cl 32(1)(a) Disallowance It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115 116 This note is not part of the Act. Section 61(2) inserted 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021
62: Existing classification of Tātai Tūāpapa areas
1: This section applies if the Tātai Tūāpapa applies to any land in—
a: a national park under the National Parks Act 1980
b: a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987
c: a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977
2: The Tātai Tūāpapa does not affect—
a: the purpose of the national park, conservation area, or reserve; or
b: the classification of the land as a national park, conservation area, or reserve.
63: Termination of Tātai Tūāpapa
1: The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Conservation, declare that all or part of a Tātai Tūāpapa area is no longer subject to the Tātai Tūāpapa.
2: The Minister of Conservation must not make a recommendation for the purposes of subsection (1) unless—
a: the trustees and the Minister of Conservation have agreed in writing that the Tātai Tūāpapa is no longer appropriate for the relevant area; or
b: the relevant area is to be, or has been, disposed of by the Crown; or
c: the responsibility for managing the relevant area is to be, or has been, transferred to a different Minister of the Crown or the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
3: The Crown must take reasonable steps to ensure that the trustees continue to have input into the management of a relevant area if—
a: subsection (2)(c)
b: there is a change in the statutory management regime that applies to all or part of the Tātai Tūāpapa area.
4: The Minister of Conservation must ensure that an order under this section is published in the Gazette Section 63(4) inserted 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021
64: Exercise of powers and performance of functions and duties
1: The Tātai Tūāpapa does not affect, and must not be taken into account by, any person exercising a power or performing a function or duty under an enactment or a bylaw.
2: A person, in considering a matter or making a decision or recommendation under legislation or a bylaw, must not give greater or lesser weight to the values stated in the statement of values for a Tātai Tūāpapa area than that person would give if the area were not subject to the Tātai Tūāpapa.
3: Subsection (2) subsection (1)
4: This section is subject to the other provisions of this subpart.
65: Rights not affected
1: The Tātai Tūāpapa does not—
a: affect the lawful rights or interests of a person who is not a party to the deed of settlement; or
b: have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, a Tātai Tūāpapa area.
2: This section is subject to the other provisions of this subpart.
6: Fisheries redress
66: Appointment of advisory committee in relation to Wairoa Hard
1: The Minister of the Crown who, under the authority of any warrant or with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Act 1995 section 21(1)
a: the prohibition on the commercial taking of finfish from the waters of the area in Hawke's Bay known as the Wairoa Hard; and
b: the restriction on the use of nets for the taking of finfish in the waters of the area in Hawke's Bay known as the Wairoa Hard.
2: In subsection (1) finfish section 2(1)
7: Official geographic names
67: Interpretation
In this subpart,— Act New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008 Board section 4 official geographic name section 4
68: Assignment and alteration of official geographic names
1: A name specified in the first column of the table in clause 5.52.1 of the deed of settlement is assigned to the feature described in the second and third columns of that table.
2: A name specified in the first column of the table in clause 5.52.2 of the deed of settlement for the feature described in the third and fourth columns is altered to the name specified in the second column of that table.
3: Each assignment or alteration of a name is to be treated as if it were an assignment or alteration of the official geographic name made by a determination of the Board under section 19 of the Act that takes effect on the settlement date.
69: Publication of official geographic names
1: The Board must, as soon as practicable after the settlement date, give public notice of each assignment or alteration of an official geographic name specified under section 68 section 21(2) and (3)
2: The notices must state that each official geographic name became an official geographic name on the settlement date.
70: Subsequent alteration of official geographic names
1: In making a determination to alter the official geographic name of a feature named by this subpart, the Board—
a: need not comply with sections 16 17 18 19(1) 20
b: must have the written consent of the trustees.
2: To avoid doubt, the Board must give public notice of the determination in accordance with section 21(2) and (3)
8: Vesting of cultural redress properties
71: Interpretation
In this subpart,— bed of Lake Opouahi bed of Lake Orakai part bed of Lake Tūtira bed of Lake Waikopiro Schedule 4 Council cultural redress property Schedule 4 Property vested in fee simple
a: Part Opouahi Scenic Reserve: Properties vested in fee simple to be administered as reserves
b: Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve:
c: Lake Opouahi property:
d: Lake Orakai property:
e: part Lake Tūtira property:
f: Lake Waikopiro property lake
a: the space occupied from time to time by the waters of the lake at their highest level without overflowing its banks; and
b: the airspace above the water; and
c: the bed below the water lake property
a: means each of the properties specified in paragraphs (c) to (f)
b: includes the bed and stratum for each lake property reserve property
a: Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve:
b: a lake property stratum
a: the water of the lake; and
b: the air above the water stratum above bed of Lake Opouahi stratum above bed of Lake Orakai stratum above part bed of Lake Tūtira stratum above bed of Lake Waikopiro Schedule 4 Part Opouahi Scenic Reserve
72: Part Opouahi Scenic Reserve
1: The reservation of Part Opouahi Scenic Reserve (being part of Opouahi Scenic Reserve) as a scenic reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977
2: The fee simple estate in Part Opouahi Scenic Reserve vests in the trustees.
3: Subsections (1) and (2) Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve and hall
73: Meaning of hall
In sections 74 to 78 hall
a: means the hall and the ancillary buildings adjacent to the hall on Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve owned by the Council immediately before the vesting of that property in the trustees under section 74
b: includes any hall or building that replaces the hall or an ancillary building adjacent to the hall (as the case may be) under section 75(b) 77(2)
74: Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve
1: The reservation of Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve (being part of Te Pohue Upper Mohaka Recreation Reserve) as a recreation reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977
2: Subject to section 75
3: Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve is declared a reserve and classified as a recreation reserve subject to section 17
4: The reserve is named Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve.
5: The Council is the administering body of Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve as if the Council were appointed to control and manage the reserve under section 28
6: Despite section 15
7: Despite section 41
75: Ownership of hall on Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve
Despite the vesting of Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve in the trustees under section 74
a: may remain on Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve without the consent of, and without charge by, the trustees; and
b: may be accessed, used, occupied, repaired, maintained, removed, demolished, or replaced by the Council (or any person with the consent of the Council) at any time without the consent of, and without charge by, the trustees; and
c: the trustees are not liable under any enactment or rule of law for any matter in relation to the hall for which they would, apart from this section, be liable by reason of their ownership of Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve.
76: Status of Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve under Reserves Act 1977
Despite the Reserves Act 1977
77: Obligations of Council relating to hall
1: While the hall remains on Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve, the Council must keep the hall in the same clean order, repair, and condition as the hall was in at the time of the vesting of Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve in the trustees.
2: The Council must remove, demolish, or replace the hall if—
a: the hall is damaged or is destroyed so that it is untenantable; and
b: the Council has not repaired the damage or destruction within 12 months of the date on which the damage or destruction occurred.
78: Further provisions relating to removal, demolition, or replacement of hall
1: If the hall is removed, demolished, or replaced under section 75(b) 77(2)
2: To avoid doubt, nothing in section 75(b) 77(2) Lake properties
79: Lake Opouahi property
1: The reservation of bed of Lake Opouahi (being part of Opouahi Scenic Reserve) as a scenic reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977
2: The fee simple estate in bed of Lake Opouahi vests in the trustees.
3: The stratum above bed of Lake Opouahi vests in the trustees—
a: as a scenic reserve for the purposes specified in section 19(1)(a)
b: as if it were vested under section 26
4: Bed of Lake Opouahi is declared a reserve and classified as a scenic reserve for the purposes specified in section 19(1)(a)
5: The reserve comprising bed of Lake Opouahi and the stratum above bed of Lake Opouahi is named Lake Opouahi Scenic Reserve.
6: The Minister of Conservation must provide the trustees with a registrable right of way easement in relation to the bed of Lake Opouahi and the stratum above bed of Lake Opouahi on the terms and conditions set out in part 6.3 of the documents schedule.
7: The easement is—
a: enforceable in accordance with its terms, despite Part 3B
b: to be treated as having been granted in accordance with Part 3B
c: registrable under section 17ZA(2)
80: Lake Orakai property
1: The reservation of bed of Lake Orakai (being part of Tutira Domain Recreation Reserve) as a recreation reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977
2: The fee simple estate in bed of Lake Orakai vests in the trustees.
3: The stratum above bed of Lake Orakai vests in the trustees—
a: as a recreation reserve subject to section 17
b: as if it were vested under section 26
4: Bed of Lake Orakai is declared a reserve and classified as a recreation reserve subject to section 17
5: The reserve comprising bed of Lake Orakai and the stratum above bed of Lake Orakai is named Lake Orakai Recreation Reserve.
6: The Minister of Conservation must provide the trustees with a registrable right of way easement in relation to the bed of Lake Orakai and the stratum above bed of Lake Orakai on the terms and conditions set out in part 6.2 of the documents schedule.
7: The easement is—
a: enforceable in accordance with its terms, despite Part 3B
b: to be treated as having been granted in accordance with Part 3B
c: registrable under section 17ZA(2)
81: Part Lake Tūtira property
1: The reservation of part bed of Lake Tūtira (being part of Tutira Domain Recreation Reserve) as a recreation reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977
2: The fee simple estate in part bed of Lake Tūtira vests in the trustees.
3: The stratum above part bed of Lake Tūtira vests in the trustees—
a: as a recreation reserve subject to section 17
b: as if it were vested under section 26
4: Part bed of Lake Tūtira is declared a reserve and classified as a recreation reserve subject to section 17
5: The reserve comprising part bed of Lake Tūtira and the stratum above part bed of Lake Tūtira is named Lake Tūtira Recreation Reserve.
6: The Minister of Conservation must provide the trustees with a registrable right of way easement in relation to part bed of Lake Tūtira and the stratum above part bed of Lake Tūtira on the terms and conditions set out in part 6.2 of the documents schedule.
7: The easement is—
a: enforceable in accordance with its terms, despite Part 3B
b: to be treated as having been granted in accordance with Part 3B
c: registrable under section 17ZA(2)
82: Lake Waikopiro property
1: The reservation of bed of Lake Waikopiro (being part of Tutira Domain Recreation Reserve) as a recreation reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977
2: The fee simple estate in bed of Lake Waikopiro vests in the trustees.
3: The stratum above bed of Lake Waikopiro vests in the trustees—
a: as a recreation reserve subject to section 17
b: as if it were vested under section 26
4: Bed of Lake Waikopiro is declared a reserve and classified as a recreation reserve subject to section 17
5: The reserve comprising bed of Lake Waikopiro and the stratum above bed of Lake Waikopiro is named Lake Waikopiro Recreation Reserve.
6: The Minister of Conservation must provide the trustees with a registrable right of way easement in relation to Lake Waikopiro and the stratum above bed of Lake Waikopiro on the terms and conditions set out in part 6.2 of the documents schedule.
7: The easement is—
a: enforceable in accordance with its terms, despite Part 3B
b: to be treated as having been granted in accordance with Part 3B
c: registrable under section 17ZA(2)
83: Limits on trustees' rights and obligations in relation to lake properties
To avoid doubt, the vesting of a lake property under this subpart does not give any rights to, or impose any obligations on, the trustees in relation to—
a: the waters of the lake; or
b: the aquatic life of the lake (other than plants attached to the bed of the lake).
84: Limits on liability for plants
Despite section 83(b)
a: liable for any plants attached to the bed of a lake property; or
b: responsible for the control or removal of those plants.
85: Limits on liability for contamination
1: Despite any enactment or rule of law, the trustees are not liable for any contamination—
a: of a lake property (including contamination by plants attached to the bed of the lake); or
b: of natural and physical resources by a lake property (including contamination by plants attached to the bed of the lake); or
c: of a lake property that occurred before the settlement date; or
d: if liability for contamination arises only because the trustees are the owners of a lake property.
2: Subsection (1)
3: In subsection (1)(b) natural and physical resources section 2(1)
86: Boundaries relating to lake properties
To the extent that a lake property has moveable boundaries, the boundaries are governed by the common law rules of accretion, erosion, and avulsion.
87: Existing structures
1: Despite the vesting of each lake property under this subpart, an existing structure—
a: does not vest in the trustees; and
b: may remain in or on a lake property without the consent of, and without charge by, the owners of the lake property; and
c: may be used, occupied, accessed, repaired, maintained, removed, or demolished at any time without the consent of, and without charge by, the owners of the lake property.
2: However, if the owner of an existing structure removes or demolishes the structure, the owners of the lake property may require the owner of the structure to leave the lake property in a clean and tidy condition.
3: In this section and sections 88 89 existing structure
a: means a structure in or on the bed of a lake property to the extent that the structure existed on the settlement date; and
b: includes such a structure whether or not, at any time, it was or is unlawful or unauthorised.
88: Determination of applications relating to existing structures
1: Despite the vesting of each lake property under this subpart, certain applications relating to an existing structure must be determined as if the lake property were owned by the Crown.
2: The applications are each application for a resource consent under the Resource Management Act 1991 Building Act 2004
a: to use, occupy, access, repair, maintain, remove, or demolish the existing structure; or
b: to rectify the non-compliance of the existing structure with that Act.
89: Liability for existing structures
The owners of a lake property are not liable under any enactment or rule of law for an existing structure for which they would, apart from this section, be liable by reason of their ownership of the lake property.
90: New structures require consent
1: No person may erect or modify a structure in or on, or attach a structure to, the bed of a lake property, unless the owners of the lake property first give their written consent.
2: However, subsection (1) section 87
3: The owners may impose conditions on the grant of their consent, including imposing a charge. General provisions applying to vesting of cultural redress properties
91: Properties vest subject to or together with interests
Each cultural redress property vested under this subpart is subject to, or has the benefit of, any interests listed for the property in the third column of the table in Schedule 4
92: Interests in land for Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve
1: This section applies while the Council is treated as if it were appointed to control and manage Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve under section 28
2: Despite the appointment of the Council as the administering body for Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve under section 74(5) section 26
3: If Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve is affected by an interest in land listed for the property in Schedule 4
4: Any interest in land that affects Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve must be dealt with for registration purposes as if the Council were the registered proprietor of Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve.
93: Interests that are not interests in land
1: This section applies if a cultural redress property is subject to an interest (other than an interest in land) listed for the property in Schedule 4 for which there is a grantor, whether or not the interest also applies to land outside the cultural redress property.
2: The interest applies as if the owners of the cultural redress property were the grantor of the interest in respect of the property, except to the extent that subsection (3) applies.
3: If all or part of the cultural redress property is Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve to which section 92
4: The interest applies—
a: until the interest expires or is terminated, but any subsequent transfer of the cultural redress property must be ignored in determining whether the interest expires or is or may be terminated; and
b: with any other necessary modifications; and
c: despite any change in status of the land in the property.
94: Registration of ownership
1: This section applies to a cultural redress property vested in the trustees under this subpart.
2: Subsection (3)
3: The Registrar-General must, on written application by an authorised person,—
a: register the trustees as the proprietors of the fee simple estate in the property; and
b: record any entry on the computer freehold register and do anything else necessary to give effect to this subpart and to part 5 of the deed of settlement.
4: Subsection (5) subsection (2)
5: The Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—
a: create 1 or more computer freehold registers for the fee simple estate in the property in the name of the trustees; and
b: record on the computer freehold register or registers any interests that are registered, notified, or notifiable and that are described in the application.
6: Subsection (5)
7: A computer freehold register must be created under this section as soon as is reasonably practicable after the settlement date, but no later than—
a: 24 months after the settlement date; or
b: any later date that may be agreed in writing by the Crown and the trustees.
8: In this section, authorised person
95: Application of Part 4A of Conservation Act 1987
1: The vesting of the fee simple estate in a cultural redress property in the trustees under this subpart is a disposition for the purposes of Part 4A sections 24(2A) 24A 24AA
2: Section 24
3: Part 4A
4: Subsection (3) does not limit subsection (1).
96: Matters to be recorded on computer freehold register
1: The Registrar-General must record on any computer freehold register for—
a: Part Opouahi Scenic Reserve that the land is subject to Part 4A
b: Te Pohue Domain Recreation Reserve—
i: that the land is subject to Part 4A section 24
ii: that the land is subject to sections 76 101
c: a lake property—
i: that Part 4A
ii: that the land is subject to section 101
2: A notification made under subsection (1) Part 4A section 24D(1)
3: If the reservation of a lake property is revoked for—
a: all of the lake property, the Director-General must apply in writing to the Registrar-General to remove from the computer freehold register or registers for the property the notifications that the property is subject to sections 95(3) 101
b: part of the lake property, the Registrar-General must ensure that the notifications referred to in paragraph (a)
4: If section 27
a: all of the stratum, the Director-General must apply in writing to the Registrar-General to remove from the computer freehold register for the stratum the notifications that the stratum is subject to sections 95(3) 101
b: part of the stratum, the Registrar-General must ensure that the notifications referred to in paragraph (a)
5: The Registrar-General must comply with an application received in accordance with subsection (3)(a) or (4)(a)
97: Application of other enactments
1: The vesting of the fee simple estate in a cultural redress property under this subpart does not—
a: limit section 10 11
b: affect other rights to subsurface minerals.
2: The permission of a council under section 348
3: Sections 24 25
4: Section 11 Part 10
a: the vesting of the fee simple estate in a cultural redress property under this subpart; or
b: any matter incidental to, or required for the purpose of, the vesting.
98: Minister of Conservation may grant easements
1: The Minister of Conservation may grant any easement over a conservation area or reserve that is required to fulfil the terms of the deed of settlement in relation to a cultural redress property.
2: Any such easement is—
a: enforceable in accordance with its terms, despite Part 3B
b: to be treated as having been granted in accordance with Part 3B
c: registrable under section 17ZA(2) Further provisions applying to reserve properties
99: Application of other enactments to reserve properties
1: Except as provided in section 74
2: Sections 48A 114 115
3: Sections 78(1)(a) 79 to 81 88
4: If the reservation of a reserve property under this subpart is revoked under section 24 section 25(2 section 25
5: To avoid doubt, subsection (4)
a: the stratum above bed of Lake Opouahi:
b: the stratum above bed of Lake Orakai:
c: the stratum above part bed of Lake Tūtira:
d: the stratum above bed of Lake Waikopiro.
6: A reserve property is not a Crown protected area under the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008
7: The name of a reserve property must not be changed or a name assigned to it under section 16(10) section 16(10A)
100: Meaning of reserve land
In sections 101 to 104 reserve land Reserves Act 1977
101: Subsequent transfer of reserve land
1: This section applies to the subsequent transfer of the reserve land.
2: The fee simple estate in the reserve land in a lake property may be transferred only in accordance with section 102 103
3: Despite section 103 section 102
102: Transfer of reserve land if trustees change
The registered proprietors of the reserve land may transfer the fee simple estate in the reserve land if—
a: the transferors of the reserve land are or were the trustees of a trust; and
b: the transferees are the trustees of the same trust, after any new trustee has been appointed to the trust or any transferor has ceased to be a trustee of the trust; and
c: the instrument to transfer the reserve land is accompanied by a certificate given by the transferees, or the transferees' solicitor, verifying that paragraphs (a) and (b) apply.
103: Transfer of reserve land to new administering body
1: The registered proprietors of the reserve land may apply in writing to the Minister of Conservation for consent to transfer the fee simple estate in the reserve land to 1 or more persons (the new owners
2: The Minister of Conservation must give written consent to the transfer if the registered proprietors satisfy the Minister that the new owners are able to—
a: comply with the requirements of the Reserves Act 1977
b: perform the duties of an administering body under that Act.
3: The Registrar-General must, upon receiving the required documents, register the new owners as the proprietors of the fee simple estate in the reserve land.
4: The required documents are—
a: a transfer instrument to transfer the fee simple estate in the reserve land to the new owners, including a notification that the new owners are to hold the reserve land for the same reserve purposes as those for which it was held by the administering body immediately before the transfer; and
b: the written consent of the Minister of Conservation to the transfer of the reserve land; and
c: any other document required for the registration of the transfer instrument.
5: The new owners, from the time of their registration under this section,—
a: are the administering body of the reserve land; and
b: hold the reserve land for the same reserve purposes as those for which it was held by the administering body immediately before the transfer; and
c: have the same rights and obligations (including under this subpart) as the registered proprietors had immediately before the transfer.
6: A transfer that complies with this section need not comply with any other requirements.
7: To avoid doubt, section 27 sections 79(3) 80(3) 81(3) 82(3)
104: Reserve land not to be mortgaged
The owners of reserve land must not mortgage, or give a security interest in, the reserve land.
105: Saving of bylaws, etc, in relation to reserve properties
1: This section applies to any bylaw, or any prohibition or restriction on use or access, that an administering body or the Minister of Conservation made or imposed under the Conservation Act 1987 Reserves Act 1977
2: The bylaw, prohibition, or restriction remains in force until it expires or is revoked under the Conservation Act 1987 Reserves Act 1977 Names of Crown protected areas
106: Names of Crown protected areas discontinued
1: Subsection (2)
2: The official geographic name of the Crown protected area is discontinued in respect of the land, or the part of the land, and the Board must amend the Gazetteer accordingly.
3: In this section, Board Crown protected area Gazetteer official geographic name section 4
9: Vesting and gifting back of properties
107: Delayed vesting and gifting back of gifting-back properties
1: The fee simple estate in a gifting-back property vests in the trustees on the vesting date.
2: On the seventh day after the vesting date, the fee simple estate in a gifting-back property vests in the Crown as a gifting back to the Crown by the trustees for the people of New Zealand.
3: However, the following matters apply as if the vestings had not occurred:
a: a gifting-back property remains a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977
b: any enactment, instrument, or interest that applied to a gifting-back property immediately before the vesting date continues to apply to it; and
c: to the extent that the statutory acknowledgement or the Tātai Tūāpapa applies to a gifting-back property immediately before the vesting date, it continues to apply to that property; and
d: the Crown retains all liability for a gifting-back property.
4: The vestings are not affected by Part 4A
5: In this section,— gifting-back property Schedule 5
a: Bellbird Bush Scenic Reserve:
b: Boundary Stream Scenic Reserve:
c: balance of the Opouahi Scenic Reserve:
d: Whakaari Landing Place Reserve vesting date
3: Commercial redress
108: Interpretation
In subparts 1 to 3 commercial redress property Crown forest land section 2(1) Crown forestry assets section 2(1) Crown forestry licence
a: has the meaning given in section 2(1)
b: in relation to the licensed land, means the licence described in the third column of the table in part 3 of the property redress schedule Crown forestry rental trust section 34 Crown forestry rental trust deed land holding agency licensed land
a: means Part Esk Forest described as licensed land in part 3 of the property redress schedule; but
b: excludes trees growing, standing, or lying on the land; and
c: excludes improvements that have been—
i: acquired by a purchaser of the trees on the land; or
ii: made by the purchaser or the licensee after the purchaser has acquired the trees on the land licensee licensor protected site
a: is a wāhi tapu or wāhi tapu area within the meaning of section 6
b: is, at any time, entered on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero as defined in section 6 right of access section 118 Section 108 protected site replaced 20 May 2014 section 107 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 Section 108 protected site replaced 20 May 2014 section 107 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014
1: Transfer of commercial redress properties
109: The Crown may transfer properties
1: To give effect to part 6 of the deed of settlement, the Crown (acting by and through the chief executive of the land holding agency) is authorised to—
a: transfer the fee simple estate in a commercial redress property to the trustees; and
b: sign a transfer instrument or other document, or do anything else, as necessary to effect the transfer.
2: To avoid doubt, subsection (1)(b)
110: Minister of Conservation may grant easements
1: The Minister of Conservation may grant any easement over a conservation area or reserve that is required to fulfil the terms of the deed of settlement in relation to a commercial redress property.
2: Any such easement is—
a: enforceable in accordance with its terms, despite Part 3B
b: to be treated as having been granted in accordance with Part 3B
c: registrable under section 17ZA(2)
111: Computer freehold registers for commercial redress properties
1: This section applies to the transfer under section 109
2: However, this section applies only to the extent that—
a: the property is not all of the land contained in a computer freehold register; or
b: there is no computer freehold register for all or part of the property.
3: The Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—
a: create a computer freehold register for the fee simple estate in the property in the name of the Crown; and
b: record on the computer freehold register any interests that are registered, notified, or notifiable and that are described in the application; but
c: omit any statement of purpose from the computer freehold register.
4: Subsection (3)
5: In this section and sections 112 113 authorised person
112: Computer freehold register for licensed land subject to single Crown forestry licence
1: This section applies to licensed land that is subject to a single Crown forestry licence and is to be transferred to the trustees under section 109.
2: The Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—
a: create a computer freehold register in the name of the Crown for the fee simple estate in the property; and
b: record on the computer freehold register any interests that are registered, notified, or notifiable and that are described in the application; but
c: omit any statement of purpose from the computer freehold register.
3: Subsection (2)
113: Authorised person may grant covenant for later creation of computer freehold register
1: For the purposes of sections 111 112
2: Despite the Land Transfer Act 1952
a: the authorised person may request the Registrar-General to register the covenant under that Act by creating a computer interest register; and
b: the Registrar-General must comply with the request.
114: Application of other enactments
1: This section applies to the transfer to the trustees of the fee simple estate in a commercial redress property.
2: The transfer is a disposition for the purposes of Part 4A sections 24(2A) 24A 24AA
3: The transfer does not—
a: limit section 10 11
b: affect other rights to subsurface minerals.
4: The permission of a council under section 348
5: Section 11 and Part 10 of the Resource Management Act 1991
6: In exercising the powers conferred by section 109
7: Subsection (6) subsections (2) and (3)
2: Licensed land
115: Licensed land ceases to be Crown forest land
1: The licensed land ceases to be Crown forest land upon the registration of the transfer of the fee simple estate in the land to the trustees.
2: However, the Crown, courts, and tribunals must not do or omit to do anything if that act or omission would, between the settlement date and the date of registration, be permitted by the Crown Forest Assets Act 1989 but be inconsistent with this subpart, part 6 of the deed of settlement, or part 4 of the property redress schedule.
116: Trustees are confirmed beneficiaries and licensors of licensed land
1: The trustees are the confirmed beneficiaries under clause 11.1 of the Crown forestry rental trust deed in relation to the licensed land.
2: The effect of subsection (1)
a: the trustees are entitled to the rental proceeds payable for the licensed land to the trustees of the Crown forestry rental trust under a Crown forestry licence since the commencement of the licence; and
b: all the provisions of the Crown forestry rental trust deed apply on the basis that the trustees are the confirmed beneficiaries in relation to the licensed land.
3: The Crown must give notice under section 17(4)(b) of the Crown Forest Assets Act 1989 in respect of a Crown forestry licence, even though the Waitangi Tribunal has not made a recommendation under section 8HB(1)(a)
4: Notice given by the Crown under subsection (3)
a: the Waitangi Tribunal had made a recommendation under section 8HB(1)(a)
b: the recommendation had become final on the settlement date.
5: The trustees are the licensors under the Crown forestry licence as if the licensed land had been returned to Māori ownership—
a: on the settlement date; and
b: under section 36
6: However, section 36(1)(b)
117: Effect of transfer of licensed land
1: Section 116
a: the transfer of the fee simple estate in the licensed land has been registered; or
b: the processes described in clause 17.4 of the Crown forestry licence have been completed.
2: To the extent that the Crown has not completed the processes referred to in subsection (1)(b) before the settlement date, it must continue those processes—
a: on and after the settlement date; and
b: until the processes are completed.
3: For the period starting on the settlement date until the completion of the processes referred to in subsections (1) and (2)
4: On and from the settlement date, references to the prospective proprietors in clause 17.4 of the Crown forestry licence must, in relation to the licensed land, be read as references to the trustees.
3: Access to protected sites
118: Right of access to protected sites
1: The owner of land on which a protected site is situated and any person holding an interest in, or right of occupancy to, that land must allow Māori for whom the protected site is of special cultural, historical, or spiritual significance to have access across the land to each protected site.
2: Subsection (1) takes effect on and from the date of the transfer of a property to the trustees.
3: The right of access may be exercised by vehicle or by foot over any reasonably convenient routes specified by the owner.
4: The right of access is subject to the following conditions:
a: a person intending to exercise the right of access must give the owner reasonable notice in writing of his or her intention to exercise that right; and
b: the right of access may be exercised only at reasonable times and during daylight hours; and
c: a person exercising the right of access must observe any conditions imposed by the owner relating to the time, location, or manner of access that are reasonably required—
i: for the safety of people; or
ii: for the protection of land, improvements, flora and fauna, plant and equipment, or livestock; or
iii: for operational reasons.
119: Right of access over licensed land
1: A right of access over licensed land is subject to the terms of any Crown forestry licence.
2: However, subsection (1) does not apply if the licensee has agreed to the right of access being exercised.
3: An amendment to a Crown forestry licence is of no effect to the extent that it would—
a: delay the date from which a person may exercise a right of access; or
b: adversely affect a right of access in any other way.
120: Right of access to be recorded on computer freehold registers
1: This section applies to the transfer to the trustees of any licensed land.
2: The transfer instrument for the transfer must include a statement that the land is subject to a right of access to any protected sites on the land.
3: The Registrar-General must, upon the registration of the transfer of the land, record on any computer freehold register for the land that the land is subject to a right of access to protected sites on the land.
4: Right of first refusal over RFR land
121: Interpretation
In this subpart and Schedule 6 control paragraph (d)
a: for a company, control of the composition of its board of directors; and
b: for another body, control of the composition of the group that would be its board of directors if the body were a company Crown body
a: a Crown entity, as defined in section 7(1)
b: a State enterprise, as defined in section 2
c: the New Zealand Railways Corporation; and
d: a company or body that is wholly owned or controlled by 1 or more of the following:
i: the Crown:
ii: a Crown entity:
iii: a State enterprise:
iv: the New Zealand Railways Corporation; and
e: a subsidiary or related company of a company or body referred to in paragraph (d) dispose of
a: means to—
i: transfer or vest the fee simple estate in the land; or
ii: grant a lease of the land for a term that is, or will be (if any rights of renewal or extension are exercised under the lease), 50 years or longer; but
b: to avoid doubt, does not include to—
i: mortgage, or give a security interest in, the land; or
ii: grant an easement over the land; or
iii: consent to an assignment of a lease, or to a sublease, of the land; or
iv: remove an improvement, a fixture, or a fitting from the land expiry date sections 124(2)(a) 125 notice offer section 124 public work section 2 RFR area RFR landowner
a: means the Crown, if the land is vested in the Crown or the Crown holds the fee simple estate in the land; and
b: means a Crown body, if the body holds the fee simple estate in the land; and
c: includes a local authority to which RFR land has been disposed of under section 130(1)
d: to avoid doubt, does not include an administering body in which RFR land is vested—
i: on the settlement date; or
ii: after the settlement date, under section 131(1) RFR period
122: Meaning of RFR land
1: In this subpart, RFR land
a: the land that is within the RFR area that, on the settlement date, is—
i: vested in the Crown; or
ii: held in fee simple by the Crown; or
iii: a reserve vested in an administering body that derived title to the reserve from the Crown and that would, on the application of section 25 27
b: any land obtained in exchange for a disposal of RFR land under section 135(1)(c) 136
2: RFR land does not include a commercial redress property.
3: Land ceases to be RFR land if—
a: the fee simple estate in the land transfers from the RFR landowner to—
i: the trustees or their nominee (for example, under a contract formed under section 128
ii: any other person (including the Crown or a Crown body) under section 123(c)
b: the fee simple estate in the land transfers or vests from the RFR landowner to or in a person other than the Crown or a Crown body—
i: under any of sections 132 to 138
ii: under any matter referred to in section 139(1)
c: the RFR period for the land ends. Restrictions on disposal of RFR land
123: Restrictions on disposal of RFR land
An RFR landowner must not dispose of RFR land to a person other than the trustees or their nominee unless the land is disposed of—
a: under any of sections 129 to 138
b: under any matter referred to in section 139(1)
c: within 2 years after the expiry date of an offer by the RFR landowner to dispose of the land to the trustees if the offer to the trustees was—
i: made in accordance with section 124
ii: made on terms that were the same as, or more favourable to the trustees than, the terms of the disposal to the person; and
iii: not withdrawn under section 126
iv: not accepted under section 127 Trustees’ right of first refusal
124: Requirements for offer
1: An offer by an RFR landowner to dispose of RFR land to the trustees must be by notice to the trustees.
2: The notice must include—
a: the terms of the offer, including its expiry date; and
b: the legal description of the land, including any interests affecting it, and the reference for any computer register for the land; and
c: a statement that identifies the RFR land as RFR land; and
d: a street address for the land (if applicable); and
e: a street address, postal address, and fax number for the trustees to give notices to the RFR landowner in relation to the offer.
125: Expiry date of offer
1: The expiry date of an offer must be on or after the date that is 40 working days after the date on which the trustees receive notice of the offer.
2: However, the expiry date of an offer may be on or after the date that is 20 working days after the date on which the trustees receive notice of the offer if—
a: the trustees received an earlier offer to dispose of the land; and
b: the expiry date of the earlier offer was not more than 6 months before the expiry date of the later offer; and
c: the earlier offer was not withdrawn.
126: Withdrawal of offer
The RFR landowner may, by notice to the trustees, withdraw an offer at any time before it is accepted.
127: Acceptance of offer
1: The trustees may, by notice to the RFR landowner who made an offer, accept the offer if—
a: it has not been withdrawn; and
b: its expiry date has not passed.
2: The trustees must accept all the RFR land offered, unless the offer permits them to accept less.
128: Formation of contract
1: If the trustees accept an offer by an RFR landowner to dispose of RFR land, a contract for the disposal of the land is formed between the RFR landowner and the trustees on the terms in the offer.
2: The terms of the contract may be varied by written agreement between the RFR landowner and the trustees.
3: Under the contract, the trustees may nominate any person other than the trustees (the nominee
4: The trustees may nominate a nominee only if—
a: the nominee is lawfully able to hold the RFR land; and
b: notice is given to the RFR landowner on or before the day that is 10 working days before the day on which the transfer is to settle.
5: The notice must specify—
a: the full name of the nominee; and
b: any other details about the nominee that the RFR landowner needs in order to transfer the RFR land to the nominee.
6: If the trustees nominate a nominee, the trustees remain liable for the obligations of the transferee under the contract. Disposals to others but land remains RFR land
129: Disposal to the Crown or Crown bodies
1: An RFR landowner may dispose of RFR land to—
a: the Crown; or
b: a Crown body.
2: To avoid doubt, the Crown may dispose of RFR land to a Crown body in accordance with section 563 Section 129(2) amended 1 August 2020 section 668 Education and Training Act 2020
130: Disposal of existing public works to local authorities
1: An RFR landowner may dispose of RFR land that is a public work, or part of a public work, in accordance with section 50 section 2
2: To avoid doubt, if RFR land is disposed of to a local authority under subsection (1)
a: the RFR landowner of the land; and
b: subject to the obligations of an RFR landowner under this subpart.
131: Disposal of reserves to administering bodies
1: An RFR landowner may dispose of RFR land in accordance with section 26 26A
2: To avoid doubt, if RFR land that is a reserve is vested in an administering body under subsection (1)
a: the RFR landowner of the land; or
b: subject to the obligations of an RFR landowner under this subpart.
3: However, if RFR land vests back in the Crown under section 25 27
a: the RFR landowner of the land; and
b: subject to the obligations of an RFR landowner under this subpart. Disposals to others where land may cease to be RFR land
132: Disposal in accordance with obligations under enactment or rule of law
An RFR landowner may dispose of RFR land in accordance with an obligation under any enactment or rule of law.
133: Disposal in accordance with legal or equitable obligations
An RFR landowner may dispose of RFR land in accordance with—
a: a legal or an equitable obligation that—
i: was unconditional before the settlement date; or
ii: was conditional before the settlement date but became unconditional on or after the settlement date; or
iii: arose after the exercise (whether before, on, or after the settlement date) of an option existing before the settlement date; or
b: the requirements, existing before the settlement date, of a gift, an endowment, or a trust relating to the land.
134: Disposal under certain legislation
An RFR landowner may dispose of RFR land in accordance with—
a: section 54(1)(d)
b: section 34 43 44
c: section 355(3)
d: an Act that—
i: excludes the land from a national park within the meaning of the National Parks Act 1980
ii: authorises that land to be disposed of in consideration or part consideration for other land to be held or administered under the Conservation Act 1987 National Parks Act 1980 Reserves Act 1977
135: Disposal of land held for public works
1: An RFR landowner may dispose of RFR land in accordance with—
a: section 40(2) or (4) 41
b: section 52 105(1) 106 114(3) 117(7) 119
c: section 117(3)(a)
d: section 117(3)(b)
e: section 23(1) or (4) 24(4) 26
2: To avoid doubt, RFR land may be disposed of by an order of the Maori Land Court under section 134 section 41(1)(e)
136: Disposal for reserve or conservation purposes
An RFR landowner may dispose of RFR land in accordance with—
a: section 15
b: section 16A 24E
137: Disposal for charitable purposes
An RFR landowner may dispose of RFR land as a gift for charitable purposes.
138: Disposal to tenants
The Crown may dispose of RFR land—
a: that was held on the settlement date for education purposes to a person who, immediately before the disposal, is a tenant of the land or all or part of a building on the land; or
b: under section 67
i: before the settlement date; or
ii: on or after the settlement date under a right of renewal in a lease granted before the settlement date; or
c: under section 93(4) RFR landowner obligations
139: RFR landowner’s obligations subject to other matters
1: An RFR landowner’s obligations under this subpart in relation to RFR land are subject to—
a: any other enactment or rule of law except that, in the case of a Crown body, the obligations apply despite the purpose, functions, or objectives of the Crown body; and
b: any interest, or legal or equitable obligation, that—
i: prevents or limits an RFR landowner’s disposal of RFR land to the trustees; and
ii: the RFR landowner cannot satisfy by taking reasonable steps; and
c: the terms of a mortgage over, or security interest in, RFR land.
2: For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(ii) Notices about RFR land
140: Notice to LINZ of RFR land with computer register after settlement date
1: If a computer register is first created for RFR land after the settlement date, the RFR landowner must give the chief executive of LINZ notice that the register has been created.
2: If land for which there is a computer register becomes RFR land after the settlement date, the RFR landowner must give the chief executive of LINZ notice that the land has become RFR land.
3: The notice must be given as soon as is reasonably practicable after a computer register is first created for the RFR land or after the land becomes RFR land.
4: The notice must include the legal description of the land and the reference for the computer register.
141: Notice to trustees of disposal of RFR land to others
1: An RFR landowner must give the trustees notice of the disposal of RFR land by the landowner to a person other than the trustees or their nominee.
2: The notice must be given on or before the date that is 20 working days before the day of the disposal.
3: The notice must include—
a: the legal description of the land, including any interests affecting it; and
b: the reference for any computer register for the land; and
c: the street address for the land (if applicable); and
d: the name of the person to whom the land is being disposed of; and
e: an explanation of how the disposal complies with section 123
f: if the disposal is to be made under section 123(c)
142: Notice to LINZ of land ceasing to be RFR land
1: This section applies if land contained in a computer register is to cease being RFR land because—
a: the fee simple estate in the land is to transfer from the RFR landowner to—
i: the trustees or their nominee (for example, under a contract formed under section 128
ii: any other person (including the Crown or a Crown body) under section 123(c)
b: the fee simple estate in the land is to transfer or vest from the RFR landowner to or in a person other than the Crown or a Crown body—
i: under any of sections 132 to 138
ii: under any matter referred to in section 139(1)
2: The RFR landowner must, as early as practicable before the transfer or vesting, give the chief executive of LINZ notice that the land is to cease being RFR land.
3: The notice must include—
a: the legal description of the land; and
b: the reference for the computer register for the land; and
c: the details of the transfer or vesting of the land.
143: Notice requirements
Schedule 6
a: an RFR landowner; or
b: the trustees. Right of first refusal recorded on computer registers
144: Right of first refusal to be recorded on computer registers for RFR land
1: The chief executive of LINZ must issue to the Registrar-General 1 or more certificates that specify the legal descriptions of, and identify the computer registers for,—
a: the RFR land for which there is a computer register on the settlement date; and
b: the RFR land for which a computer register is first created after the settlement date; and
c: land for which there is a computer register that becomes RFR land after the settlement date.
2: The chief executive must issue a certificate as soon as is reasonably practicable—
a: after the settlement date, for RFR land for which there is a computer register on the settlement date; or
b: after receiving a notice under section 140
3: Each certificate must state that it is issued under this section.
4: The chief executive must provide a copy of each certificate to the trustees as soon as is reasonably practicable after issuing the certificate.
5: The Registrar-General must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a certificate issued under this section, record on each computer register for the RFR land identified in the certificate that the land is—
a: RFR land, as defined in section 122
b: subject to this subpart (which restricts disposal, including leasing, of the land).
145: Removal of notifications when land to be transferred or vested
1: The chief executive of LINZ must, before registration of the transfer or vesting of land described in a notice received under section 142
a: the legal description of the land; and
b: the reference for the computer register for the land; and
c: the details of the transfer or vesting of the land; and
d: a statement that the certificate is issued under this section.
2: The chief executive must provide a copy of each certificate to the trustees as soon as is reasonably practicable after issuing the certificate.
3: If the Registrar-General receives a certificate issued under this section, he or she must, immediately before registering the transfer or vesting described in the certificate, remove from the computer register identified in the certificate any notification recorded under section 144
146: Removal of notifications when RFR period ends
1: The chief executive of LINZ must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the RFR period ends in respect of any RFR land, issue to the Registrar-General a certificate that includes—
a: the reference for each computer register for that RFR land that still has a notification recorded under section 144
b: a statement that the certificate is issued under this section.
2: The chief executive must provide a copy of each certificate to the trustees as soon as is reasonably practicable after issuing the certificate.
3: The Registrar-General must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a certificate issued under this section, remove any notification recorded under section 144 General provisions applying to right of first refusal
147: Waiver and variation
1: The trustees may, by notice to an RFR landowner, waive any or all of the rights the trustees have in relation to the landowner under this subpart.
2: The trustees and an RFR landowner may agree in writing to vary or waive any of the rights each has in relation to the other under this subpart.
3: A waiver or an agreement under this section is on the terms, and applies for the period, specified in it.
148: Disposal of Crown bodies not affected
This subpart does not limit the ability of the Crown, or a Crown body, to sell or dispose of a Crown body.
149: Assignment of rights and obligations under this subpart
1: Subsection (3)
a: assigns the RFR holder's rights and obligations under this subpart to 1 or more persons in accordance with the RFR holder's constitutional document; and
b: has given the notices required by subsection (2)
2: The RFR holder must give notices to each RFR landowner—
a: stating that the RFR holder's rights and obligations under this subpart are being assigned under this section; and
b: specifying the date of the assignment; and
c: specifying the names of the assignees and, if they are the trustees of a trust, the name of the trust; and
d: specifying the street address, postal address, or fax number for notices to the assignees.
3: This subpart and Schedule 6
4: In this section,— constitutional document RFR holder
a: they are the trustees; or
b: they have previously been assigned those rights and obligations under this section.