Ngāti Whare Claims Settlement Act 2012

Public Act2012 No 28
Date of assent5 April 2012
Commencementsee section 2

Contents

1 Title

2 Commencement

Purpose of Act

3 Purpose

4 Act binds the Crown

5 Outline

Historical account

6 Account

Crown acknowledgements

7 Acknowledgements

Crown apology

8 Apology

Interpretation

9 Intention of Act generally

10 Interpretation

11 Meaning of Ngāti Whare

12 Meaning of historical claim

Settlement of historical claims

13 Settlement of historical claims final

14 Amendment to Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975

15 Certain enactments do not apply

16 Removal of memorials

Miscellaneous matters

17 Rule against perpetuities does not apply

18 Timing of actions or matters

19 Access to deed of settlement

Cultural redress

Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park

20 Crown acknowledgement

21 Whirinaki conservation management plan to be prepared

22 Preparation of draft plan

23 Notification of draft plan

24 Availability of draft plan

25 Hearing of submissions on draft plan

26 Revision of draft plan

27 Referral of draft plan to Conservation Authority and Minister

28 Approval of draft plan

29 Conservation Authority to make recommendation on disagreement

30 Approval of draft plan following recommendation

31 Mediation

32 Reviews of Whirinaki Plan

33 Amendments to Whirinaki Plan

34 Application of Conservation Act 1987

35 Areas added

Te Whāiti-Nui-a-Toi Canyon and Tūwatawata specially protected areas

36 Crown acknowledgement

37 Te Whāiti-Nui-a-Toi Canyon

38 Tūwatawata

39 Restrictions on activities

40 Application of Conservation Act 1987

Whirinaki regeneration project

41 Te Pua o Whirinaki Regeneration Trust

Protocols and accord

42 Authority to issue, amend, or cancel accord or protocols

43 Accord and protocols subject to rights, functions, and obligations

44 Enforceability of conservation accord and protocols

45 Conservation accord

46 Fisheries protocol

47 Taonga tūturu protocol

48 Crown minerals protocol

Statutory acknowledgement

49 Statutory acknowledgement by the Crown

50 Purposes of statutory acknowledgement

51 Relevant consent authorities to have regard to statutory acknowledgement

52 Environment Court to have regard to statutory acknowledgement

53 Historic Places Trust and Environment Court to have regard to statutory acknowledgement

54 Recording statutory acknowledgement on statutory plans

55 Distribution of resource consent applications to trustees of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare

56 Use of statutory acknowledgement

57 Meaning of river in statutory acknowledgements and deeds of recognition

Deeds of recognition

58 Authorisation to enter into and amend deeds of recognition

General provisions

59 Exercise of powers and performance of duties and functions

60 Rights not affected

61 Limitations of rights

Amendment to Resource Management Act 1991

62 Amendment to Resource Management Act 1991

Advisory committees

63 Fisheries advisory committee

64 Fisheries (conservation) advisory committee

Geographic names

65 Interpretation

66 New official geographic name

67 Publication of new official geographic name

68 Alteration of new official geographic name

69 When new official geographic name takes effect

The Crown may provide other similar redress

70 The Crown may provide other similar redress

Vesting of properties

Sites that vest in fee simple

Regeneration land

71 Pareranui site

72 Tauranga-o-Reti site

73 Te Teko site

74 Mangamate Kāinga site

75 Wekanui Kāinga

76 Otahi Kāinga

77 Te Pukemohoao Kāinga

78 Matuatahi Pā

79 Balance of Regeneration Land

80 Subsequent vesting of regeneration land

Wāhi tapu sites

81 Otutakahiao site

82 Waimurupūhā site

83 Mangamate Falls site

84 Te Takanga-a-Wharepakau site

Jointly vested sites

85 Hināmoki Pā site

86 Okārea Pā site

87 Te Rake Pā site

88 Te Tāpiri Pā site

89 Māori reservation

90 How various Acts affect jointly vested sites

91 Title to jointly vested sites

General provisions relating to vesting of properties

92 Properties vest subject to, or together with, encumbrances

93 Registration of ownership

94 Application of Part 4A of Conservation Act 1987

95 Recording application of Part 4A of Conservation Act 1987 and sections of this Act

96 Application of other enactments

97 Provisions of other Acts that have same effect for jointly vested sites

98 Non-cultural redress properties

Provisions relating to reserve sites

99 Application of Reserves Act 1977 to reserve sites

100 Subsequent transfer of reserve land

Provisions relating to forest sites

101 CNI forests sites

102 Removal of easement from former Crown forest land

103 Removal of Crown forestry licence memorial

Wharepakau title

104 Registration of land in name of Wharepakau

105 How various Acts affect protected land

Rangitaiki River Management Framework

106 Definitions for sections 107 to 133

107 Acknowledgements

Rangitaiki River Forum

108 Establishment and purpose of Forum

109 Functions of Forum

110 Capacity

111 Procedures of Forum

112 Members of Forum

113 Chair and deputy chair

114 Standing orders

115 Meetings of Forum

116 Decision making

117 Conflict of interest

118 Application of other statutory provisions

119 Forum to be open and inclusive

120 Administrative and technical support of Forum

Rangitaiki River Document

121 Preparation and approval of Rangitaiki River Document

122 Contents of Rangitaiki River Document

123 Effect on Resource Management Act 1991 planning documents

124 Effect on conservation planning documents

Process for preparation and approval of Rangitaiki River Document

125 Preparation of draft River Document

126 Notification and submissions on draft River Document

127 Approval of River Document

128 Review of and amendments to River Document

Recognition of tuna

129 Recognition of habitat of tuna

Joint management agreements

130 Duty to make joint management agreement

131 Scope of joint management agreements

132 Legal framework

133 Horomanga Wash local purpose reserve

Schedule 1
Specially protected areas

Schedule 2
Statutory areas

Schedule 3
Cultural and non-cultural redress properties

Legislative history


The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: