Orakei Act 1991 No 122 (as at 01 November 2010), Public Act

Reprint as at 1 November 2010

Orakei Act 1991

Public Act1991 No 122
Date of assent9 December 1991
Commencementsee section 1(2)

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by Te Puni Kōkiri.


Contents

Title

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Act to bind the Crown

Part 1
Vesting and status of hapu land

4 Vesting of hapu land in Trust Board

5 Status of hapu land

6 Hapu reservation

7 Roads

8 Whenua rangatira

Part 2
Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board

9 Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board

10 Beneficiaries

11 Roll of beneficiaries

12 Presumption in relation to roll of beneficiaries

13 Application for inclusion of name in roll of beneficiaries

14 Duties and powers of Trust Board

15 Restrictions in relation to land

16 Power to grant easements

17 Power to grant leases of development land

18 Naming of whenua rangatira

19 Power of Trust Board to negotiate outstanding claims

Part 3
Ngati Whatua o Orakei Reserves Board

20 Ngati Whatua o Orakei Reserves Board established

21 Duties and powers of Reserves Board

22 Management plan

23 Power to grant leases and licences

24 Costs of management of reserves

25 Membership of Reserves Board

26 Extraordinary vacancies

27 Appointment of presiding member and deputy presiding member

28 Meetings of Reserves Board

29 Remuneration and expenses of members of Reserves Board

30 Accounting and auditing of Reserves Board

31 Charitable nature of purposes of Reserves Board

Part 4
Miscellaneous provisions

32 Zoning

33 Subdivision of development land for housing purposes

34 Exemption from payment of rates and other charges

35 No reserves contribution to be required on subdivision

36 Exemption from payment of land tax

37 Registrars to give effect to provisions of this Act

38 Regulations

39 Amendment to Maori Trust Boards Act 1955

40 Amendment to Maori Trust Boards Regulations 1985

41 Transitional provision in relation to membership of Trust Board

42 Repeal

Schedule 1
Papakainga

Schedule 2
Roads

Schedule 3
Whenua rangatira

Reprint notes


An Act—

  • (a) to provide for the recognition of rights secured to the Ngati Whatua of Orakei in relation to the Orakei Block by the Treaty of Waitangi; and

  • (b) to give effect to parts of an agreement reached between the Crown and the Ngati Whatua of Orakei, to implement with modifications certain of the recommendations made by the Waitangi Tribunal in November 1987 in the Report of The Waitangi Tribunal on the Orakei Claim (Wai-9); and

  • (c) to repeal the Orakei Block (Vesting and Use) Act 1978; and

  • (d) to provide for the continuance of the Ngati Whatua of Orakei Maori Trust Board under the name of the Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board; and

  • (e) to provide for the revesting of further portions of the Orakei Block in the Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board, and for the extension of the Board's functions and powers; and

  • (f) to provide for the setting aside of certain other land as reserves, to be jointly administered by the Auckland City Council and the Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board; and

  • (g) to protect land vested in the Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board by this Act, by imposing certain restrictions on the disposal of that land; and

  • (h) to grant exemptions to the Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board in relation to the payment of rates, reserves contributions, land tax and other charges