Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998

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Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998

Public Act		1998 No 97
Date of assent		1 October 1998
Commencement		see section 1(2)

Note

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This Act is administered by the Office for Māori Crown Relations—Te Arawhiti.

	Title
	Preamble
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Expiry
3	Act to bind the Crown
	Part 1 Apology by the Crown to Ngāi Tahu
4	Apology
5	Text in Māori
6	Text in English
	Part 2 Interpretation
7	Interpretation of Act generally
8	Interpretation of terms
9	Meaning of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāi Tahu Whānui
10	Meaning of Ngāi Tahu claims
11	Maori Reserved Land Act 1955
12	Parts of speech and grammatical forms
	Part 3 Aoraki/Mount Cook
13	Purpose of this Part
14	Interpretation
15	Vesting of Aoraki/Mount Cook in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
16	Gift of Aoraki/Mount Cook by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
17	Certain laws not affected
18	No gift duty
	Part 4 Transfer and vesting of settlement properties
19	Purpose of this Part
20	Transfer and vesting of settlement properties
21	Power of the Crown to acquire property compulsorily for purpose of settlement
	Part 5 Transfer of commercial properties—Subject to deferred selection
22	Purpose of this Part
23	Hagley Nurses Home
24	Christchurch Court
25	Isle Street property
26	Wanaka plantation
27	Notice to Queenstown Lakes District Council
	Part 6 Transfer of farm assets
28	Purpose of this Part
29	Interpretation
30	Land excluded from Fiordland National Park
	Part 7 Transfer of forestry assets
31	Purpose of this Part
32	Interpretation
33	Certain transfers and grants not subdivisions
34	Transfer of Crown forest land to Ngāi Tahu recipient
35	Crown forest land not transferred to Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
36	Transfer of Aoraki forest land
37	Transfer of Aoraki forest trees and improvements
38	Disposition of Crown forest land
39	Covenants to complete survey work
40	Section 24H(6) of Conservation Act 1987 to apply
41	Easements
42	Delegation
	Part 8 Transfer of assets—General
43	Purpose of this Part
44	Interpretation
45	Certain dispositions not subdivisions
46	Issue of certificates of title
	Part 9 Right of first refusal
47	Purpose of this Part
48	Interpretation
49	Relevant land not to be disposed of except in accordance with this Part
50	Exceptions
51	Notice of excepted transactions
52	Preliminary notice
53	Contents of preliminary notice
54	Preliminary notice not to imply obligation pursuant to other Acts
55	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu may waive its rights pursuant to this Part
56	Notice to be given before attempted disposal of relevant land
57	Procedure for determination of special land
58	Relevant land becomes special land by agreement
59	Appointment of public valuer
60	Request to President of New Zealand Institute of Valuers to appoint public valuer
61	Appointment of public valuer by President of New Zealand Institute of Valuers
62	Determination by public valuer
63	Relevant land becomes special land by determination of public valuer
64	Attempted disposal of special land permitted
65	Notice to Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu before disposal
66	Acceptance by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
67	Negotiation in good faith
68	Certain obligations not implied
69	Non-acceptance by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
70	Notice to Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu of agreement subject to section 64(b)
71	Notice to Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu of agreement subject to section 69(a)(ii)
72	Disposal if no notice from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu in respect of notice pursuant to section 70
73	Disposal if no notice from Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu in respect of notice pursuant to section 71
74	Application of sections 75 to 83
75	Appointment of independent person
76	Failure to agree on appointment
77	Appointment of independent person by another person or President of New Zealand Law Society
78	Determination by independent person
79	Early appointment of independent person
80	Disposal permitted if terms not more favourable
81	Application of sections 82 and 83 if terms more favourable
82	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu may give notice to purchase
83	Disposal permitted if no notice received
84	Re-offer required
85	This Part not to affect or derogate from certain rights and restrictions
86	This Part not to affect or derogate from certain disposal rights
87	Interpretation
88	Change of control of new Crown owner to which relevant land has been transferred
89	Public valuer or independent person to be expert
90	Costs of public valuer pursuant to section 62
91	Costs of independent person pursuant to section 78
92	Notices
93	No further inquiries
94	Withdrawal by Crown body
95	Participation in sales process for relevant land
96	Disposal of more than 1 parcel of land
97	Part ceasing to apply
98	Noting on certificates of title
99	Removal of notation
100	Copy of certificate to be sent to Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
	Part 10 High country stations
101	Section 10 of deed of settlement
102	Interpretation
103	Notice of effective date
104	Covenants and easements relating to station areas
105	Transfers and leasebacks
106	Subdivisions
107	Leaseback conservation areas
108	Concessions and commercial activities
109	Conservation management strategies and conservation management plans
110	Ecological monitoring
111	Easements and licences
112	Licences for bridges
113	Stopping of roads in Mararoa Valley Area
114	Gift duty
115	Lake Rere
116	New conservation area
	Part 11 Mahinga kai
	Transfer and vesting of properties
117	Purpose of this Part
118	Effective date of matters set out in this Part
119	Interpretation
	Land vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu in fee simple
120	Tuku Tuku Iwi vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
121	Te Parinui o Whiti vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
122	Access to Te Parinui o Whiti
123	Sinclair Wetlands vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
124	Te Waiomākua vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
125	Greenpark Huts vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
126	Motutapu vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
127	Ōkeina (Okains Bay) vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
128	Structures and improvements on Ōkeina (Okains Bay)
129	Management of Ōkeina (Okains Bay) by Banks Peninsula District Council
130	Certificate of title for Ōkeina (Okains Bay)
131	South Bay-Kaikōura vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
132	The Point-Kaikōura vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
133	Whakamātakiuru (Ellesmere Landing) vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
134	Certain leases of Whakamātakiuru (Ellesmere Landing) not subdivisions
135	Road through Whakamātakiuru (Ellesmere Landing) vested in Selwyn District Council
136	Matariki vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
137	Taramea (Howells Point) vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
	Tribal properties
138	Value to be paid by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
139	Vesting of tribal properties in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
	Land vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu subject to protected private land agreements
140	South Bay/Kaikōura Peninsula vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
141	Moturata vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
142	Huriawa vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
143	Māpoutahi vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
144	Noting on titles
145	Revocation of declaration under section 76 of Reserves Act 1977
	Vesting of land in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu subject to Reserves Act 1977
146	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to be administering body
147	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to hold and administer Kahutara
148	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to hold and administer Ōmihi/Goose Bay
149	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to hold and administer Ōaro
150	Creation of historic reserve at Ōtūkoro
151	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to hold and administer Maerewhenua
152	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to hold and administer Takiroa
153	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to hold and administer Kātiki
154	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to hold and administer Ōnawe Pā
155	Creation of reserve around Kopuwai
156	Creation of historic reserve at Kawarau Gorge
157	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to hold and administer Waipapa Point
158	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to hold and administer Maranuku
159	Creation of historic reserve at Moeraki Lake site
160	Creation of reserve at Wairewa
161	Addition of roads to Ōruaka Historic Reserve
	Changes of name and classifications
162	Change of name of Mount Cook National Park
163	Reserves
164	Change of classification
165	Change of name of conservation area
166	Change of name of certain reserves
	Vesting of bed of Te Waihora
167	Interpretation
168	Vesting of bed of Te Waihora in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
169	Road vested in Selwyn District Council
170	Vesting of river protection reserve
171	Title extends to bed only
172	Registrar to issue certificates of title for bed of Te Waihora
173	Existing public access and use
174	Existing lawful commercial use and structures
175	Maimais
176	Statutory adviser
177	Joint management plan
178	Application of Conservation Act 1987
179	Non-derogation from legislation and other matters
180	Effect of joint management plan
181	Recording of agreement to prepare joint management plan in Act
182	Power to make bylaws
	Vesting of bed of Muriwai (Coopers Lagoon)
183	Interpretation
184	Vesting of bed of Muriwai (Coopers Lagoon) in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
185	Title extends to bed only
186	Registrar to issue certificate of title for bed of Muriwai (Coopers Lagoon)
187	Existing public access and use
188	Power to make bylaws
189	Existing lawful commercial use and structures
190	Maimais
	Vesting of bed of Lake Mahināpua
191	Interpretation
192	Vesting of bed of Lake Mahināpua in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
193	Title extends to bed only
194	Registrar to issue certificates of title for bed of Lake Mahināpua
195	Existing public access and use
196	Power to make bylaws
197	Existing lawful commercial use and structures
198	Maimais
199	Statutory adviser
200	Legal access to bed of Lake Mahināpua
	Lease of Te Waihora sites
201	Grant of leases
	Part 12 Mahinga kai
	General
202	Purpose of this Part
203	Interpretation
204	Effective date of matters set out in this Part
	Statutory acknowledgements
205	Interpretation
206	Statutory acknowledgements by the Crown
207	Distribution of applications to Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
208	Local authorities must have regard to statutory acknowledgements
209	Environment Court to have regard to statutory acknowledgements
210	Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and Environment Court to have regard to statutory acknowledgements
211	Use of statutory acknowledgement with submissions
212	Authorisation to enter into deeds of recognition
213	Form and terms of deeds of recognition
214	Alienation of land
215	Purposes of statutory acknowledgements
216	Purposes of deeds of recognition
217	Exercise of powers, duties, and functions
218	Rights not affected
219	Limitation of rights
220	Recording of statutory acknowledgements on statutory plans
221	Pikirakatahi (Mount Earnslaw)
222	Tokatā (The Nuggets)
	Amendments to Resource Management Act 1991
223	Notification of application [Repealed]
224	Application not requiring notification [Repealed]
225	Representation at proceedings
226	New Schedule 11 inserted
	Amendments to Historic Places Act 1993
227	Interpretation
228	Powers of Trust in relation to authority application
229	Rights of appeal
	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to be statutory adviser
230	Interpretation
231	Appointment of statutory adviser
232	Functions of statutory adviser
233	Duty to have particular regard to advice
234	Exception with regard to Te Waihora joint management plan
235	Pikirakatahi (Mount Earnslaw)
236	Tokatā (The Nuggets)
	Tōpuni
237	Interpretation
238	Declaration as Tōpuni
239	Description of Ngāi Tahu values
240	Actions by Minister of Conservation in Tōpuni
241	New Zealand Conservation Authority and conservation boards to have particular regard to Ngāi Tahu values
242	New Zealand Conservation Authority and relevant conservation boards to consult with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
243	Notification of Tōpuni
244	Actions by Director-General
245	Regulations
246	Bylaws
247	Existing classification of Tōpuni
248	Revocation of status
249	Purpose of declaration as Tōpuni
250	Exercise of powers, duties, and functions
251	Rights not affected
252	Limitation of rights
253	Pikirakatahi (Mount Earnslaw)
	Provision for Kahurangi pouwhenua
254	Pouwhenua
	Nohoanga entitlements
255	Interpretation
256	Creation and granting of nohoanga entitlements
257	Vesting of entitlement land
258	Type of land
259	Rights attaching to nohoanga entitlements
260	Obligations related to nohoanga entitlements
261	Boundaries of entitlement land
262	Section 44 of Reserves Act 1977 not to apply
263	Rates
264	Targeted rates
265	Termination of nohoanga entitlements
266	Purpose of creation of nohoanga entitlements
267	Rights not affected
268	Limitation of rights
	Place names
269	Amendment of place names on official maps
270	Encouragement of use of original Māori place names [Repealed]
271	Reinstatement of name of Kaiapoi Pā
	Appointments to statutory boards
272	New Zealand Conservation Authority
273	Membership of Conservation Boards
274	Guardians of Lakes Manapōuri, Monowai, and Te Anau
275	Guardians of Lake Wanaka
276	New Zealand Geographic Board
	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to be adviser to Fish and Game Councils
277	Interpretation
278	Appointment as statutory adviser
279	Function of statutory adviser
280	Duty to have particular regard to advice
	Department of Conservation protocols
281	Interpretation
282	Authority to issue, amend, or cancel protocols
283	Protocols subject to Crown obligations
284	Noting of protocols
285	Enforceability of protocols
286	Limitation of rights
	Taonga species
287	Interpretation
288	Special association with taonga species acknowledged
289	Purpose of acknowledgement
290	Exercise of powers, duties, and functions
291	Rights not affected
292	Limitation of rights
293	Species management of all taonga species
294	Species recovery groups
295	Notice of establishment of species recovery groups
296	Possession of specimens of wildlife
	Customary fisheries
297	Interpretation
298	Special association with taonga fish species acknowledged
299	Purpose of acknowledgement
300	Exercise of powers, duties, and functions
301	Rights not affected
302	Limitation of rights
303	Management of taonga fish species under Fisheries Act 1983 and Fisheries Act 1996
304	Management of taonga fish species under Conservation Act 1987
305	Amendments to Conservation Act 1987 regarding Māori fishing rights
306	Non-commercially harvested species
307	Right of first refusal to purchase quota
308	Exceptions to right of first refusal
309	Aggregation rules in respect of right of first refusal
310	Temporary closure of fishing area or restriction on fishing methods
311	Temporary closure of fisheries
	Coastal management
312	Interpretation
313	Statutory acknowledgements by the Crown
314	Subject areas
	Coastal tendering
315	Interpretation
316	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu’s right to purchase authorisations
317	Exercise of right to purchase authorisations
318	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu deemed to have made tender
319	Resource Management Act 1991 not affected
320	Sections 315 to 318 not to affect or create rights on coastal marine areas
	Part 13 Specific sites
321	Purpose of this Part
322	Effective date of matters set out in this Part
323	Interpretation
	Arahura Valley
324	Interpretation
325	Stopping and vesting legal roads
326	Creation and management of Waitaiki Historic Reserve
	Rarotoka
327	Rarotoka to be vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu as Māori freehold land
	Whenua Hou
328	Interpretation
329	Change of name of Codfish Island Nature Reserve
330	Whenua Hou Nature Reserve to include adjacent islets and stacks
331	Southland Conservation Board to appoint committee in respect of Whenua Hou
332	Statutory acknowledgement for Whenua Hou
	Crown Tītī Islands
333	Interpretation
334	Crown Tītī Islands vested in Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
335	Interim management of Crown Tītī Islands as if conservation area
336	Control and management of Crown Tītī Islands
337	Amendments to Titi (Muttonbird) Islands Regulations 1978
	Part 14 Ancillary claims
338	Purpose of this Part
339	Intepretation
	Vesting of properties
340	Effective date of matters set out in this Part
341	Delayed vesting of certain properties
	Ngāi Tahu Ancillary Claims Trust
342	Ngāi Tahu ancillary claims trust to be established
343	Funding of Ngāi Tahu ancillary claims trust
344	Identification of beneficiaries by ancillary claims trustees
345	Jurisdiction of Maori Land Court extended
346	Vesting of claim property that is subject to Ngāi Tahu ancillary claims trust
347	Subsequent inclusion in vesting order
348	Ngāi Tahu Ancillary Claims Trust an organisation named or described in Schedule 4 of Public Finance Act 1989
349	Auditor-General to be auditor of Trust
350	Ngāi Tahu Ancillary Claims Trust to be Crown entity [Repealed]
	Claim 1 (Waiharakeke J and Ōmihi K); claim 2 (Mangamaunu A)
351	Vesting of Kaikōura town section and Kaikōura suburban site
	Claim 101 (Kaikōura E)
352	Interpretation
353	Vesting of Takahanga Pā site (No 2)
	Claim 3 (Taerutu); claim 4 (Waimaiaia); claim 5 (Torotoroa); claim 6 (Te Aka Aka); and claim 10 (Pukatahi and Te Houriri) Fenton entitlements
354	Interpretation
355	Creation and granting of Fenton entitlements
356	Stopping of legal road
357	Representative body of holders of Fenton entitlement
358	Maori Land Court to open and maintain registers of holders
359	Replacement of entitlement land
360	Rights attaching to Fenton entitlements
361	Obligations related to Fenton entitlements
362	Boundaries of entitlement land
363	Section 44 of Reserves Act 1977 not to apply
364	Rates
365	Targeted rates
366	Suspension of Fenton entitlements
367	Purpose of creation of Fenton entitlements
368	Rights not affected
369	Limitation of rights
370	Succession to Fenton entitlements
	Claim 3 (Taerutu); claim 4 (Waimaiaia); claim 5 (Torotoroa); claim 6 (Te Aka Aka); and claim 10 (Pukatahi and Te Houriri) Customary fishing entitlements
371	Interpretation
372	Creation and granting of customary fishing entitlements
373	Representative body of holders of customary fishing entitlement
374	Register of holders of customary fishing entitlement
375	Replacement of entitlement area
376	Rights attaching to customary fishing entitlements
377	Obligations related to customary fishing entitlements
378	Boundaries of entitlement area
379	Section 44 of Reserves Act 1977 not to apply
380	Rates
381	Targeted rates
382	Suspension of customary fishing entitlements
383	Purpose of creation of customary fishing entitlements
384	Rights not affected
385	Limitation of rights
386	Succession to customary fishing entitlements
	Claim 7 (Te Ihutai)
387	Vesting of Te Ihutai site
	Claim 8 (Ahuriri)
388	Vesting of Ahuriri-Te Waihora site
	Claim 11 (Wainono Lagoon)
389	Vesting of Wainono site
	Claim 14 (Hawea/Wanaka)
390	Vesting of Bushy Point site
391	Vesting of lakeside sites
392	Future transfer of remaining lakeside sites
	Claim 53 (Lake Tatawai)
393	Vesting of Tatawai replacement site
	Claim 55 (Waikouaiti Lagoon)
394	Beneficial owners of reserve authorised to catch fish
	Claim 17 (Arawhata MR 1)
395	Vesting of Arawhata site (No 1) and Arawhata site (No 2)
	Claim 18 (Bruce Bay MR 6)
396	Vesting of Bruce Bay site (No 1), Bruce Bay site (No 3), and Bruce Bay site (No 4)
397	Vesting of Bruce Bay site (No 2)
398	Vesting of Bruce Bay site (No 5)
399	Property description
400	Vesting of Bruce Bay site (No 6)
401	Identification of beneficiaries to Bruce Bay site (No 6)
	Claim 27 (Watarākau MR 45); claim 41 (Māwheranui); claim 42 (Whakapoai); claim 43 (Westport Sections 721 and 732); claim 44 (Kōtukuwhakaoho MR 34); and claim 46 (Arahura MR 30)
402	Vesting of Māwhera Chambers
403	Vesting of Greymouth railway land
404	Vesting of Lake Kaniere site
405	Vesting of Rapahoe site
406	Discontinuance of Maori Land Court proceedings
	Claim 50 (Karitane)
407	Property description
408	Future vesting of Karitane site
409	Application by Waikouaiti Māori Foreshore Trust Board
	Claim 112 (Tautuku)
410	Application of Conservation Act 1987 to access granted by the Crown
411	Application of Property Law Act 2007 to access granted by the Crown
	Claim 56 (Maranuku)
412	Vesting of substitute Maranuku site
	Claim 57 (Maranuku)
413	Property description
414	Vesting of Maranuku site
415	Identification of beneficiaries to Maranuku site
	Claim 61 (Waimumu)
416	Interpretation
417	Vesting of Waimumu site (No 1)
418	Vesting of Waimumu site (No 2)
419	Vesting of Waimumu site (No 3)
420	Identification of beneficiaries to Waimumu sites
	Claim 66 (Invercargill)
421	Vesting of Invercargill site
	Claim 67 (Aparima)
422	Vesting of Aparima site (No 1)
	Claim 73 (Aparima)
423	Vesting of Aparima site (No 2)
	Wai 348 (Pūrākaunui)
424	Interpretation
425	Vesting of Pūrākaunui site
426	Vesting of road site
427	Application of Fencing Act 1978
	Wai 324 and Wai 27, claim 51 (Taiaroa Head)
428	Interpretation
429	Vesting of Taiaroa Head site (No 1) in ancillary claims trustees
430	Administration of Taiaroa Head site (No 1)
431	Identification of beneficiaries of Taiaroa Head site (No 1)
432	Successors to Korako Karetai to be owners
433	Decisions of successors to Korako Karetai
434	Establishment of joint management body
435	Transfer of Taiaroa Head site (No 1) to successors to Korako Karetai
436	Vesting of Taiaroa Head site (No 2)
437	Administration of Taiaroa Head site (No 1) by joint management body
438	Administration of Taiaroa Head site (No 2) by joint management body
439	Administration by joint management body
440	Commencement of administration by joint management body
441	Management of wildlife sanctuary
442	Preparation of management plan for Taiaroa Head sites
443	Inclusion of Taiaroa Head site (No 3)
444	Inclusion of Taiaroa Head site (No 4)
	Part 15 South Island Landless Natives Act
445	Purpose of this Part
446	Interpretation
	Claim 14 (Hawea/Wanaka)
447	Property description
448	Revocation of Hawea/Wanaka substitute land’s current reserve status
449	Vesting of Hawea/Wanaka substitute land
	Claim 33 (Whakapoai)
450	Property descriptions
451	Vesting of Whakapoai land or Whakapoai substitute land
452	Lease of Whakapoai land
	Claim 92 (Port Adventure)
453	Provision of redress for successors to Port Adventure land
	Claim 92 (Toi Toi)
454	Provision of redress for successors to Toi Toi land
	Miscellaneous matters
455	Miscellaneous matters to give effect to SILNA redress
	Claim 16 (South Westland)
456	South Westland land to vest in ancillary claims trustees
457	Pāringa River site to vest in ancillary claims trustees
458	Okahu replacement site to vest in ancillary claims trustees
	Part 16 Conditions and legislation
459	Purpose of this Part
460	Effective date of matters in this Part
461	Settlement of Ngāi Tahu claims to be final
462	Jurisdiction of Tribunal to consider claims [Repealed]
463	Enactments relating to resumptive memorials on land within Ngāi Tahu claim area no longer to apply
464	Removal of resumptive memorials
465	Maori Trust Boards Act 1955
466	Limit on duration of trusts does not apply
467	Settlement for benefit of Ngāi Tahu Whānui collectively
	Part 17 Miscellaneous
468	Purpose of this Part
469	Interpretation
470	Application of this Part
471	Disposition by the Crown
472	Encumbrances
473	Continuing application of statute and other matters
474	Title to specified settlement property
475	Certification of registrable interests
476	Exclusions
477	Stopping of roads
478	Successors bound
479	Registration without fee
	Schedule 1 The Treaty of Waitangi
	Schedule 2 Ngāi Tahu signatories to ten purchase deeds
	Schedule 3 Modifications of provisions of Public Works Act 1981 applicable to acquisition of settlement property
	Schedule 4 Commercial properties subject to deferred selection
	Schedule 5 Land of The Power Company Limited subject to right of first refusal
	Schedule 6 Leases granted under section 67 of Land Act 1948 on or before 21 November 1997 and administered by Commissioner of Crown Lands
	Schedule 7
	Schedule 8 Attachment 11.7 of deed of settlement Restrictions, terms, and conditions on which Banks Peninsula District Council is to manage and control Ōkeina (Okains Bay)
	Schedule 9 Description of reserves in respect of which name or purpose changed
	Schedule 10 Legal description of lake beds
	Schedule 11 Conservation administered areas subject to joint management plan for Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere)
	Schedule 12 Clauses 11.6.19 to 11.6.23 of deed of settlement Joint Management Plan for Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere)
	Schedule 13 Lake Mahināpua
	Schedule 14 Statutory acknowledgement for Aoraki/Mount Cook
	Schedule 15 Statutory acknowledgement for Aparima River
	Schedule 16 Statutory acknowledgement for Hakataramea River
	Schedule 17 Statutory acknowledgement for Hakatere (Ashburton River)
	Schedule 18 Statutory acknowledgement for Hananui (Mount Anglem)
	Schedule 19 Statutory acknowledgement for Hekeao (Hinds River)
	Schedule 20 Statutory acknowledgement for Hoka Kura (Lake Sumner)
	Schedule 21 Statutory acknowledgement for Hurunui River
	Schedule 22 Statutory acknowledgement for Kā Moana Haehae (Lake Roxburgh)
	Schedule 23 Statutory acknowledgement for Kakaunui River
	Schedule 24 Statutory acknowledgement for Karangarua Lagoon
	Schedule 25 Statutory acknowledgement for Kōtuku-Whakaoho (Lake Brunner Moana)
	Schedule 26 Statutory acknowledgement for Kōwai River
	Schedule 27 Statutory acknowledgement for Kura Tāwhiti (Castle Hill)
	Schedule 28 Statutory acknowledgement for Kuramea (Lake Catlins)
	Schedule 29 Statutory acknowledgement for Lake Hauroko
	Schedule 30 Statutory acknowledgement for Lake Hawea
	Schedule 31 Statutory acknowledgement for Lake Kaniere
	Schedule 32 Statutory acknowledgement for Lake Ōhau
	Schedule 33 Statutory acknowledgement for Lake Pāringa
	Schedule 34 Statutory acknowledgement for Lake Pūkaki
	Schedule 35 Statutory acknowledgement for Lake Rotorua
	Schedule 36 Statutory acknowledgement for Lake Wanaka
	Schedule 37 Statutory acknowledgement for Mahi Tīkumu (Lake Aviemore)
	Schedule 38 Statutory acknowledgement for Makaawhio (Jacobs River)
	Schedule 39 Statutory acknowledgement for Manawapōpōre/Hikuraki (Mavora Lakes)
	Schedule 40 Statutory acknowledgement for Mata-au (Clutha River)
	Schedule 41 Statutory acknowledgement for Matakaea (Shag Point)
	Schedule 42 Statutory acknowledgement for Mataura River
	Schedule 43 Statutory acknowledgement for Moana Rua (Lake Pearson)
	Schedule 44 Statutory acknowledgement for Motupōhue (Bluff Hill)
	Schedule 45 Statutory acknowledgement for Moturau (Lake Manapōuri)
	Schedule 46 Statutory acknowledgement for Ō Tū Wharekai (Ashburton Lakes)
	Schedule 47 Statutory acknowledgement for Ōkari Lagoon
	Schedule 48 Statutory acknowledgement for Ōkārito Lagoon
	Schedule 49 Statutory acknowledgement for Ōrakipaoa Wetland
	Schedule 50 Statutory acknowledgement for Ōreti River
	Schedule 51 Statutory acknowledgement for Pikirakatahi (Mount Earnslaw)
	Schedule 52 Statutory acknowledgement for Pomahaka River
	Schedule 53 Statutory acknowledgement for Pouerua (Saltwater Lagoon)
	Schedule 54 Statutory acknowledgement for Punatarakao Wetland
	Schedule 55 Statutory acknowledgement for Rangitata River
	Schedule 56 Statutory acknowledgement for Taramakau River
	Schedule 57 Statutory acknowledgement for Takapo (Lake Tekapo)
	Schedule 58 Statutory acknowledgement for Te Ana-au (Lake Te Anau)
	Schedule 59 Statutory acknowledgement for Te Ao Mārama (Lake Benmore)
	Schedule 60 Statutory acknowledgement for Te Tauraka Poti (Merton Tidal Arm)
	Schedule 61 Statutory acknowledgement for Te Wairere (Lake Dunstan)
	Schedule 62 Statutory acknowledgement for Tititea (Mount Aspiring)
	Schedule 63 Statutory acknowledgement for Toi Toi Wetland, Rakiura
	Schedule 64 Statutory acknowledgement for Tokatā (The Nuggets)
	Schedule 65 Statutory acknowledgement for Tūtae Putaputa (Conway River)
	Schedule 66 Statutory acknowledgement for Tūtoko
	Schedule 67 Statutory acknowledgement for Uerau (Mount Uwerau)
	Schedule 68 Statutory acknowledgement for Uruwera (Lake George)
	Schedule 69 Statutory acknowledgement for Waiau River
	Schedule 70 Statutory acknowledgement for Waihola/Waipori Wetland
	Schedule 71 Statutory acknowledgement for Wairewa (Lake Forsyth)
	Schedule 72 Statutory acknowledgement for Waitaki River
	Schedule 73 Statutory acknowledgement for Waituna Wetland
	Schedule 74 Statutory acknowledgement for Waipara River
	Schedule 75 Statutory acknowledgement for Whakatipu-wai-māori (Lake Wakatipu)
	Schedule 76 Statutory acknowledgement for Whakamatau (Lake Coleridge)
	Schedule 77 Statutory acknowledgement for Whakarukumoana (Lake McGregor)
	Schedule 78 Schedule added to Resource Management Act 1991
	Schedule 79 Sites in respect of which Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu appointed as statutory adviser
	Schedule 80 Tōpuni for Aoraki/Mount Cook
	Schedule 81 Tōpuni for Kahurangi
	Schedule 82 Tōpuni for Kura Tāwhiti (Castle Hill)
	Schedule 83 Tōpuni for Matakaea (Shag Point)
	Schedule 84 Tōpuni for Maukaatua Scenic Reserve
	Schedule 85 Tōpuni for Motupōhue (Bluff Hill)
	Schedule 86 Tōpuni for Ōtūkoro Iti
	Schedule 87 Tōpuni for Pikirakatahi (Mount Earnslaw)
	Schedule 88 Tōpuni for Ripapa Island, Lyttelton Harbour
	Schedule 89 Tōpuni for Takitimu Range, Southland
	Schedule 90 Tōpuni for Tapuae o Uenuku
	Schedule 91 Tōpuni for Te Koroka (Dart/Slipstream)
	Schedule 92 Tōpuni for Tititea (Mount Aspiring)
	Schedule 93 Tōpuni for Tūtoko
	Schedule 94 Form of Nohoanga Entitlement
	Schedule 95 Sites over which Nohoanga Entitlements to be granted
	Schedule 96 Alteration of place names
	Schedule 97 Taonga species
	Schedule 98 Customary fisheries
	Schedule 99 Clauses 12.14.18 and 12.14.19 of deed of settlement Right of first refusal to purchase shellfish quota
	Schedule 100 Statutory acknowledgement for Te Tai o Marokura (Kaikōura Coastal Marine Area)
	Schedule 101 Statutory acknowledgement for Te Tai o Mahaanui (Selwyn – Banks Peninsula Coastal Marine Area)
	Schedule 102 Statutory acknowledgement for Te Mimi o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa (Fiordland Coastal Marine Area)
	Schedule 103 Statutory acknowledgement for Te Tai o Arai Te Uru (Otago Coastal Marine Area)
	Schedule 104 Statutory acknowledgement for Rakiura/Te Ara a Kiwa (Rakiura/Foveaux Strait Coastal Marine Area)
	Schedule 105 Clauses 12.17.3 and 12.17.4 of deed of settlement Right to purchase authorisations in respect of coastal tendering
	Schedule 106 Specific sites
	Schedule 107 Attachment 13.1 of deed of settlement Special conditions and restrictions subject to which Waitaiki Historic Reserve is vested
	Schedule 108 Statutory acknowledgement for Whenua Hou
	Schedule 109 Attachment 13.8 of deed of settlement Terms and conditions of administering body controlling and managing Crown Tītī Islands
	Schedule 110 Attachment 13.9 of deed of settlement Process for developing management plans for Crown Tītī Islands
	Schedule 111 Ancillary claims
	Schedule 112 Form of Fenton Entitlement
	Schedule 113 Land over which Fenton Entitlements to be granted
	Schedule 114 Form of Customary Fishing Entitlement
	Schedule 115 Customary Fishing Entitlement areas
	Schedule 116 Attachment 14.15 of deed of settlement Management procedures and aims for Taiaroa Head Sites
	Schedule 117 South Island Landless Natives Act
	Notes

An Act—

(a)

to record the apology given by the Crown to Ngāi Tahu in the deed of settlement executed on 21 November 1997 by the then Prime Minister the Right Honourable James Brendan Bolger, for the Crown, and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu; and

(b)

to give effect to certain provisions of that deed of settlement, being a deed that settles the Ngāi Tahu claims

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