Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order brings into force the Pouakani Claims Settlement Act 2000 on 1 March 2001.

The Pouakani Claims Settlement Act 2000—

• •records the apology given by the Crown to the Pouakani people in the deed of settlement signed on 19 November 1999 by the Crown and the Pouakani Claims Trust (the mandated representative of the Pouakani people):

• •gives effect to the deed of settlement in which the Crown and the Pouakani people agreed to a final settlement of the Pouakani historical claims (excluding any claims to the Waikato River) and the Pouakani boundary claims.