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(1) This section is subject to clause 8.2.3 of the deed of settlement as at the date of the deed of settlement.
(2) In this Act, Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika means—
(a) the collective group composed of individuals who—
(i) descend from 1 or more of the recognised ancestors of the following iwi:
(A) Te Atiawa:
(B) Ngāti Tama:
(C) Taranaki:
(D) Ngāti Ruanui:
(E) other iwi from the Taranaki area (for example, Ngāti Mutunga); and
(ii) also descend from 1 or more of—
(A) the original signatories of the 27 September 1839 Port Nicholson Block purchase deed; and
(B) the persons listed in the Schedule to the Declaration of the Native Land Court in Wellington dated 11 April 1888; and
(C) other persons not referred to in subsubparagraph (A) or (B), but who exercised customary rights in the Port Nicholson Block, Wellington District, on or after 6 February 1840 by virtue of being descended from 1 or more of the recognised ancestors of the iwi referred to in paragraph (a)(i); and
(b) any whānau, hapū, or group (including a group composed of the beneficiaries of the Wellington Tenths Trust and a group composed of the beneficiaries of the Palmerston North Māori Reserves Trust) to the extent that it is composed of individuals referred to in paragraph (a); and
(c) every individual referred to in paragraph (a).
(3) In subsection (2)(a), a person is descended from another person if the first person is descended from the other by—
(a) birth; or
(b) legal adoption; or
(c) Māori customary adoption in accordance with Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika tikanga (customary values and practices).
(4) In subsection (2)(a),—
customary rights means rights according to tikanga Māori (Māori customary values and practices) including—
(a) rights to occupy land; and
(b) rights in relation to the use of land or other natural or physical resources
Taranaki area has the same meaning as in section 7.
