In this subpart,—

The protocol is to be treated as having been issued by the responsible Minister on the terms set out in part 4 of the documents schedule.

The responsible Minister may amend or cancel the protocol at the initiative of—

The responsible Minister may amend or cancel the protocol only after consulting, and having particular regard to the views of, the trustees.

The protocol does not restrict—

The Crown must comply with the protocol while it is in force.

If the Crown fails to comply with the protocol without good cause, the trustees may enforce the protocol, subject to the Crown Proceedings Act 1950.

Despite subsection (2), damages or other forms of monetary compensation are not available as a remedy for a failure by the Crown to comply with the protocol.

To avoid doubt,—

The protocol does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, taonga tūturu.

In this section, taonga tūturu—

In this subpart,—

The Crown acknowledges the statements of association for the statutory areas.

The only purposes of the statutory acknowledgement are—

This section applies in relation to an application for a resource consent for an activity within, adjacent to, or directly affecting a statutory area.

On and from the effective date, a relevant consent authority must have regard to the statutory acknowledgement relating to the statutory area in deciding, in accordance with section 95E of the Resource Management Act 1991, whether the trustees are affected persons in relation to the activity.

Subsection (2) does not limit the obligations of a relevant consent authority under the Resource Management Act 1991.

This section applies to proceedings in the Environment Court in relation to an application for a resource consent for an activity within, adjacent to, or directly affecting a statutory area.

On and from the effective date, the Environment Court must have regard to the statutory acknowledgement relating to the statutory area in deciding, under section 274 of the Resource Management Act 1991, whether the trustees are persons with an interest in the proceedings greater than that of the general public.

Subsection (2) does not limit the obligations of the Environment Court under the Resource Management Act 1991.

This section applies to an application made under section 44, 56, or 61 of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 for an authority to undertake an activity that will or may modify or destroy an archaeological site within a statutory area.

On and from the effective date, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga must have regard to the statutory acknowledgement relating to the statutory area in exercising its powers under section 48, 56, or 62 of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 in relation to the application.

On and from the effective date, the Environment Court must have regard to the statutory acknowledgement relating to the statutory area—

In this section, archaeological site has the meaning given in section 6 of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014.

On and from the effective date, each relevant consent authority must attach information recording the statutory acknowledgement to all statutory plans that wholly or partly cover a statutory area.

The information attached to a statutory plan must include—

The attachment of information to a statutory plan under this section is for the purpose of public information only and, unless adopted by the relevant consent authority as part of the statutory plan, the information is not—

Each relevant consent authority must, for a period of 20 years on and from the effective date, provide the following to the trustees for each resource consent application for an activity within, adjacent to, or directly affecting a statutory area:

A summary provided under subsection (1)(a) must be the same as would be given to an affected person by limited notification under section 95B of the Resource Management Act 1991 or as may be agreed between the trustees and the relevant consent authority.

The summary must be provided—

A copy of a notice must be provided under subsection (1)(b) not later than 10 working days after the day on which the consent authority receives the notice.

The trustees may, by written notice to a relevant consent authority,—

This section does not affect the obligation of a relevant consent authority to decide,—

The trustees and any member of Ngāti Rangi may, as evidence of the association of Ngāti Rangi with a statutory area, cite the statutory acknowledgement that relates to that area in submissions concerning activities within, adjacent to, or directly affecting the statutory area that are made to or before—

The content of a statement of association is not, by virtue of the statutory acknowledgement, binding as fact on—

However, the bodies and persons specified in subsection (2) may take the statutory acknowledgement into account.

To avoid doubt,—

This section applies in respect of the statutory areas listed in Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 1.

The Minister of Conservation and the Director-General must issue a deed of recognition in the form set out in part 3.1 of the documents schedule for the statutory areas administered by the Department of Conservation.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands must issue deeds of recognition in the forms set out in parts 3.2 to 3.4 of the documents schedule for the statutory areas administered by the Commissioner.

The Chief of Defence Force must issue a deed of recognition in the form set out in part 3.5 of the documents schedule for the statutory areas administered by the Defence Force.

The person or persons who issue a deed of recognition may amend the deed, but only with the written consent of the trustees or, in the case of the deed of recognition issued to Ngā Wai Tōtā, with the written consent of Ngā Wai Tōtā.

If any part of the statutory acknowledgement applies to a river or stream, including a tributary, that part of the acknowledgement—

If any part of a deed of recognition applies to a river or stream, including a tributary, that part of the deed—

The statutory acknowledgement and a deed of recognition do not affect, and must not be taken into account by, a person exercising a power or performing a function or duty under an enactment or a bylaw.

A person, in considering a matter or making a decision or recommendation under an enactment or a bylaw, must not give greater or lesser weight to the association of Ngāti Rangi with a statutory area than that person would give if there were no statutory acknowledgement or deed of recognition for the statutory area.

Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1).

This section is subject to—

The statutory acknowledgement and a deed of recognition—

This section is subject to the other provisions of this subpart.

This section amends the Resource Management Act 1991.

In Schedule 11, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

In this subpart,—

The area described in Schedule 2 is declared to be subject to Te Tāpora.

The Crown acknowledges the statement of values for the Te Tāpora area.

The only purposes of Te Tāpora are—

The protection principles are intended to prevent the values stated in the statement of values for the Te Tāpora area from being harmed or diminished.

When the New Zealand Conservation Authority or a Conservation Board considers a conservation management strategy, conservation management plan, or national park management plan that relates to the Te Tāpora area, the Authority or Board must have particular regard to—

Before approving a strategy or plan that relates to the Te Tāpora area, the New Zealand Conservation Authority or a Conservation Board must—

If the trustees advise the New Zealand Conservation Authority in writing that they have significant concerns about a draft conservation management strategy in relation to the Te Tāpora area, the Authority must, before approving the strategy, give the trustees an opportunity to make submissions in relation to those concerns.

The application of Te Tāpora to the Te Tāpora area must be noted in any conservation management strategy, conservation management plan, or national park management plan affecting the area.

The noting of Te Tāpora is—

The Minister of Conservation must notify in the Gazette, as soon as practicable after the settlement date,—

An amendment to the protection principles, as agreed by the trustees and the Minister of Conservation, must be notified by the Minister in the Gazette as soon as practicable after the amendment has been agreed in writing.

The Director-General may notify in the Gazette any action (including any specified action) taken or intended to be taken under section 47 or 48.

The Director-General must take action in relation to the protection principles that relate to the Te Tāpora area, including the specified actions.

The Director-General retains complete discretion to determine the method and extent of the action to be taken.

The Director-General must notify the trustees in writing of any action intended to be taken.

The Director-General may initiate an amendment to a conservation management strategy, conservation management plan, or national park management plan to incorporate objectives for the protection principles that relate to the Te Tāpora area.

The Director-General must consult relevant Conservation Boards before initiating the amendment.

The amendment is an amendment for the purposes of section 17I(1) to (3) of the Conservation Act 1987 or section 46(1) to (4) of the National Parks Act 1980.

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Conservation, make regulations for 1 or more of the following purposes:

The Minister of Conservation may make bylaws for 1 or more of the following purposes:

This section applies if, at any time, Te Tāpora applies to any land in—

Te Tāpora does not affect—

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Conservation, declare that all or part of the Te Tāpora area is no longer subject to Te Tāpora.

The Minister of Conservation must not make a recommendation for the purposes of subsection (1) unless—

The Crown must take reasonable steps to ensure that the trustees continue to have input into the management of a relevant area if—

Te Tāpora does not affect, and must not be taken into account by, any person exercising a power or performing a function or duty under an enactment or a bylaw.

A person, in considering a matter or making a decision or recommendation under legislation or a bylaw, must not give greater or lesser weight to the values stated in the statement of values for the Te Tāpora area than that person would give if the area were not subject to Te Tāpora.

Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1).

This section is subject to the other provisions of this subpart.

Te Tāpora does not—

This section is subject to the other provisions of this subpart.

In this subpart,—

A name specified in the second column of the table in clause 9.18 of the deed of settlement is the official geographic name of the feature described in the third and fourth columns of that table.

Each official geographic name is to be treated as if it were an official geographic name that takes effect on the settlement date by virtue of a determination of the Board made under section 19 of the Act.

The Board must, as soon as practicable after the settlement date, give public notice, in accordance with section 21(2) and (3) of the Act, of each official geographic name specified under section 56.

The notice must state that each official geographic name became an official geographic name on the settlement date.

In making a determination to alter the official geographic name of a feature named under this subpart, the Board—

To avoid doubt, the Board must give public notice of a determination made under subsection (1) in accordance with section 21(2) and (3) of the Act.

The name of Ohakune Lakes Scenic Reserve is changed to Ngā Roto-o-Rangataua Scenic Reserve.

The new name given to the reserve under subsection (1) is to be treated as if—

The Board must, as soon as practicable after the settlement date,—

The official geographic name of the reserve named under this section must not be changed in accordance with subpart 3 of Part 2 of the Act without the written consent of the trustees, and any requirements under that subpart or another enactment for public notice of or consultation about the proposed name do not apply.

In this subpart, cultural redress property means each of the following properties, and each property means the land of that name described in Schedule 3:

Properties vested in fee simple

Property vested in fee simple subject to conservation covenant

The reservation of the Rangatauanui property (being part of Ohakune Lakes Scenic Reserve) as a scenic reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977 is revoked.

The fee simple estate in the Rangatauanui property vests in the trustees.

The Minister of Conservation must provide the trustees with a registrable right of way easement on the terms and conditions set out in part 10.2 of the documents schedule.

The fee simple estate in Rau Korokio vests in the trustees.

Te Tāuru ceases to be a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987.

The fee simple estate in Te Tāuru vests in the trustees.

The Te Urunga property ceases to be a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987.

The fee simple estate in the Te Urunga property vests in the trustees.

The fee simple estate in Waimaire vests in the trustees.

The Beds of Rotokura Lakes cease to be an ecological area and a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987.

The fee simple estate in the Beds of Rotokura Lakes vests in the trustees.

Despite the vesting under subsection (2),—

Subsections (1) and (2) do not take effect until the trustees have provided the Crown with a registrable covenant in relation to the Beds of Rotokura Lakes on the terms and conditions set out in part 10.3 of the documents schedule.

The covenant is to be treated as a conservation covenant for the purposes of—

To avoid doubt, the vesting does not give any rights to, or impose any obligations on, the trustees in relation to—

To the extent that the Beds of Rotokura Lakes have moveable boundaries, the boundaries are governed by the common law rules of accretion, erosion, and avulsion.

Each cultural redress property vested under this subpart is subject to, or has the benefit of, any interests listed for the property in the third column of the table in Schedule 3.

This section applies if a cultural redress property is subject to an interest (other than an interest in land) that is listed for the property in Schedule 3, and for which there is a grantor, whether or not the interest also applies to land outside the cultural redress property.

The interest applies as if the owners of the cultural redress property were the grantor of the interest in respect of the property.

The interest applies—

This section applies to a cultural redress property vested in the trustees under this subpart.

Subsection (3) applies to a cultural redress property, but only to the extent that the property is all of the land contained in a record of title.

The Registrar-General must, on written application by an authorised person,—

Subsection (5) applies to a cultural redress property, but only to the extent that subsection (2) does not apply to the property.

The Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—

Subsection (5) is subject to the completion of any survey necessary to create a record of title.

A record of title must be created under this section as soon as is reasonably practicable after the settlement date, but not later than—

In this section, authorised person means a person authorised by—

The vesting of the fee simple estate in a cultural redress property in the trustees under this subpart is a disposition for the purposes of Part 4A of the Conservation Act 1987, but sections 24(2A), 24A, and 24AA of that Act do not apply to the disposition.

Part 4A of the Conservation Act 1987 does not apply to the vesting of the Beds of Rotokura Lakes.

The Registrar-General must record on the record of title—

A notation made under subsection (1) that land is subject to Part 4A of the Conservation Act 1987 is to be treated as having been made in compliance with section 24D(1) of that Act.

The vesting of the fee simple estate in a cultural redress property under this subpart does not—

The permission of a council under section 348 of the Local Government Act 1974 is not required for laying out, forming, granting, or reserving a private road, private way, or right of way required to fulfil the terms of the deed of settlement in relation to a cultural redress property.

Sections 24 and 25 of the Reserves Act 1977 do not apply to the revocation, under this subpart, of the reserve status of a cultural redress property.

Section 11 and Part 10 of the Resource Management Act 1991 do not apply to—

The Minister of Conservation may grant any easement over a conservation area or reserve required to fulfil the terms of the deed of settlement in relation to a cultural redress property.

Any such easement—

Subsection (2) applies to the land, or the part of the land, in a cultural redress property that, immediately before the settlement date, was all or part of a Crown protected area.

The official geographic name of the Crown protected area is discontinued in respect of the land, or the part of the land, and the Board must amend the Gazetteer accordingly.

In this section, Board, Crown protected area, Gazetteer, and official geographic name have the meanings given in section 4 of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008.

The fee simple estate in Raketapauma, also known as Irirangi, vests in the trustees on the vesting date.

On the seventh day after the vesting date, the fee simple estate in Raketapauma vests in the Crown as a gifting back to the Crown by the trustees for the people of New Zealand.

However, the following matters apply as if the vestings had not occurred:

The vestings are not affected by—

In this section,—

In this subpart,—

The Crown acknowledges—

This subpart does not restrict the Crown from exercising its powers, and performing its functions and duties, in accordance with the Crown Minerals Act 1991.

A member of Ngāti Rangi who has written authorisation from the trustees may—

A person who removes Crown-owned matā, onewa, or pākohe under subsection (1) may also remove from the relevant area, by hand, any other minerals that are—

A person who removes Crown-owned matā, onewa, or pākohe under subsection (1) or other minerals under subsection (2) must not,—

The rights under this section and section 80 do not apply in relation to any part of the relevant area that is—

A person who is authorised to search for Crown-owned matā, onewa, or pākohe in, and remove Crown-owned matā, onewa, or pākohe from, a relevant area under section 79 may access the relevant area for that purpose—

The means of access under subsection (1)(c) is subject to any conditions specified in writing by the Director-General.

A person who accesses a relevant area under section 79 or 80 must take all reasonable care to do no more than minor damage to vegetation on, and other natural features of, the riverbed or former riverbed.

A person exercising a right under section 79 or 80 must comply with all other lawful requirements (for example, under the Resource Management Act 1991).

However,—

Any activity that is not authorised under section 79(1) may require a permit under section 8(1)(a) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991.

This section applies if the Director-General exercises powers, or performs functions or duties, under conservation legislation in a manner likely to affect the relationship of Ngāti Rangi with matā, onewa, and pākohe located in the relevant area.

The Director-General must, in exercising the powers, or performing the functions or duties,—

The Director-General and the trustees may agree in writing to add an additional area to the relevant area.

The Director-General must consult the Minister of Energy and Resources before agreeing in writing to add an additional area.

The general location of an additional area must be indicated on a map or plan.

The Director-General must notify an additional area in the Gazette as soon as practicable after the additional area has been agreed in writing.

The notification in the Gazette is neither a legislative instrument nor a disallowable instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2012 and does not have to be presented to the House of Representatives under section 41 of that Act.

The New Zealand Defence Force and the trustees may authorise members of Ngāti Rangi in writing—

A person who removes Crown-owned matā, onewa, or pākohe from a riverbed in a defence area under subsection (1) may also remove from the riverbed, by hand, any other minerals that are—

A person who removes Crown-owned matā, onewa, or pākohe under subsection (1) or other minerals under subsection (2) must not,—

Authorisation must not be given under subsection (1) if the Chief of Defence Force has safety concerns about access to a defence area.

A right under this section and section 86 may only be exercised in accordance with the relationship agreement between the New Zealand Defence Force and the trustees.

A person who is authorised to search for Crown-owned matā, onewa, or pākohe in, and remove Crown-owned matā, onewa, or pākohe from, a riverbed in a defence area under section 85 may access the riverbed within the defence area for that purpose, but only—

The means of access under subsection (1)(c) is subject to any conditions specified in writing by the Chief of Defence Force.

A person who accesses a riverbed in a defence area under section 85 or 86 must take all reasonable care to do no more than minor damage to vegetation on, and other natural features of, the riverbed and surrounding areas.

A permit is not required under section 8(1)(a) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 to exercise a right under section 85(1).

Any activity that is not authorised under section 85(1) may require a permit under section 8(1)(a) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991.

In this subpart,—

Section 91 applies at any time after the settlement date when the CMS is reviewed under section 17H of the Conservation Act 1987.

The Director-General must notify the trustees in writing of the date on which a review to which subsection (1) refers is to commence.

The purpose of this subpart is to enable Te Paenga Nui to be treated in accordance with this subpart.

The Director-General and the trustees are, despite sections 17D and 17F of the Conservation Act 1987, jointly responsible for preparing, amending, and reviewing the CMS, but only to the extent that it applies to Te Paenga Nui.

For the purpose of subsection (1), sections 17D and 17F of the Conservation Act 1987 apply as if the references in those sections to the Director-General were references to both the Director-General and the trustees.

The functions of the Minister of Conservation under section 17F of the Conservation Act 1987, to the extent that they relate to Te Paenga Nui, must be carried out jointly by the Minister and the trustees.

This section applies when the CMS is, for the first and second times after the settlement date, reviewed under section 17H of the Conservation Act 1987.

The trustees may, within 3 months of receiving notice under section 90(2) that a review of the CMS is to commence, propose to the Director-General that an additional area be included in Te Paenga Nui to allow the trustees to exercise joint responsibility with the Director-General in relation to the review of the CMS.

An additional area may be added to Te Paenga Nui if the trustees satisfy the Director-General that the governance entities of the relevant Whanganui Iwi (or the representative entity if there is no governance entity) agree in writing to a proposal to include the additional area.

Any land added to Te Paenga Nui under this section must—

If the Director-General is satisfied that the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) are met, and that the proposed additional area could reasonably be considered to be part of Te Paenga Nui, the Director-General—

The Minister of Conservation must appoint 1 person nominated by the trustees to be a member of the Conservation Board.

However, the power to make an appointment under subsection (1), and the term of any appointment, ends on the earlier of—

The appointment made under subsection (1) is for a term of 3 years and a person may be reappointed under that subsection for 1 or more terms, each of 3 years.

In this section, Conservation Board means the Board established under Part 2A of the Conservation Act 1987 whose area of jurisdiction includes the part of the Ohakune and Ruapehu region within the area of interest.

In this subpart and Schedule 4,—

This section establishes Te Pae Ao as a joint committee for the purposes set out in section 96.

Te Pae Ao is the administering body of the reserve sites as if it were appointed under section 28 of the Reserves Act 1977 to control and manage the sites as scenic reserves under that Act.

The purpose of Te Pae Ao is to administer the reserve sites in accordance with the Reserves Act 1977—

The purpose of Te Pae Ao is Kia matua te mana o te ao tūroa e tū nei, to give precedence to the natural world and its relationship with its communities, by working—

In subsection (2),—

Te Pae Ao may exercise a power or perform a function in relation to a reserve site as if Te Pae Ao were a local authority to which the Minister has delegated that power or function under section 10 of the Reserves Act 1977.

Subsection (1) applies only to the extent that the power or function is relevant to the reserve site.

For the purpose of this subpart, the reserve sites that are conservation areas are deemed to be reserves and classified as scenic reserves for the purposes specified in section 19(1)(a) of the Reserves Act 1977.

Despite subsection (3) and section 95(2),—

Two members of Te Pae Ao must be appointed by the trustees and 2 members must be appointed by the Director-General.

A member is not appointed unless the appointer gives written notice to the other appointer of—

A member may,—

An appointment ends at the end of the term of the committee.

In the event of a vacancy arising during the term of the committee, the relevant appointer must, within a reasonable time, appoint a replacement member for the balance of the term of the committee.

Each appointer is responsible for meeting the expenses of its appointees.

A failure of an appointer to make an appointment, provide the notice required by subsection (2), or fill a vacancy does not invalidate Te Pae Ao or its actions and decisions.

Part 2 of Schedule 4 sets out provisions relating to the procedures of Te Pae Ao.

Te Pae Ao must prepare a draft management plan (a reserve management plan) for the reserve sites to submit to the Minister and the trustees for approval.

Te Pae Ao, the Minister, and the trustees, in undertaking their functions under subsection (1), must have particular regard to Te Tāhoratanga (see section 124(7)).

Section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977 applies to the preparation and approval of the reserve management plan—

The Director-General must fund and provide administrative support for the preparation of the draft management plan in accordance with section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977.

Until the reserve management plan is approved under this section, the reserve sites must be administered in accordance with the conservation management strategy that applies to the reserve sites, but when the reserve management plan is approved, Te Pae Ao must administer the sites in accordance with that plan and the relevant conservation management strategy.

The operational management of the reserve sites must be undertaken by the Director-General and, to the extent specified in the operational plan under subsection (2), by the trustees.

The Director-General must prepare and approve a draft operational plan that specifies priorities for operational activities, over not more than a 3-year period, for the purposes of—

Before the Director-General approves the draft operational plan,—

The operational plan may be prepared before the reserve management plan is approved under section 99, but must not be approved before the approval of the reserve management plan.

Until an operational plan is prepared and approved under this section, Te Pae Ao must administer the reserve sites in accordance with the conservation management strategy prepared under the Conservation Act 1987 and applying to the reserve sites.

Further provisions on the operational management of the reserve sites are set out in Schedule 4.

This section applies if the Minister or the Director-General proposes to reclassify or change the status of a Crown-owned reserve site.

The Minister or the Director-General, as relevant, must—

If the classification of a reserve site is changed under the Reserves Act 1977 to a classification other than that of a scenic reserve, Te Pae Ao must administer the land under the Reserves Act 1977 in accordance with its new classification.

If the classification or status of a reserve site is changed under other conservation legislation but the new classification or status is compatible with managing the site under the Reserves Act 1977, Te Pae Ao must—

If this section is inconsistent with section 95(2) or 106(4), this section prevails.

If a concession or a renewal or variation of a concession is required on or over a reserve site, an application must be made in writing to the Director-General.

Te Pae Ao may grant applications for activities on a reserve site that require authorisation, other than for an interest in land, using a process that is consistent with section 59A of the Reserves Act 1977.

Despite Te Pae Ao being the administering body of the reserve sites, the Minister—

If Te Pae Ao is the administering body of the Beds of Rotokura Lakes (see section 106), the trustees—

If an application is received under section 102(1) in respect of a Crown-owned reserve site, the Director-General must—

If an application is received under section 102(1) in respect of the Beds of Rotokura Lakes, the Director-General must—

The following money received in relation to a reserve site or sites must be paid into the bank account of the Department of Conservation in accordance with the Public Finance Act 1989, and applied for the benefit of the reserve site or sites concerned:

Sections 78 to 81 and 88 to 90 of the Reserves Act 1977 do not apply to a reserve site or sites to which subsection (3) applies.

This section applies to the following land (the land):

Subsections (3) to (5) apply if the New Zealand Conservation Authority exercises its power under section 8(1) of the National Parks Act 1980 to request the Director-General to investigate and report to it on any proposal to declare that all or any part of the land be added to the Tongariro National Park.

The Director-General must, without delay,—

Te Pae Ao must—

The Director-General must—

Subsections (7) to (9) apply if the Minister is considering whether to recommend that the Governor-General make a declaration under section 7(1)(b) of the National Parks Act 1980 declaring all or any part of the land to be added to the Tongariro National Park.

The Minister must notify the trustees and Te Pae Ao that the Minister is considering making a recommendation to the Governor-General as described in subsection (6).

Te Pae Ao must—

The Minister must,—

If there is an inconsistency between this section and section 101, this section prevails.

The Director-General is responsible for providing the administrative and technical services necessary to enable Te Pae Ao to perform its functions under this subpart.

Te Pae Ao may administer the Beds of Rotokura Lakes as if the land were a reserve site listed in section 94.

Subsection (1) applies only if Te Pae Ao has the consent of the Minister and the trustees (the consenters) (see clause 8.173 of the deed of settlement).

While the Beds of Rotokura Lakes are administered by Te Pae Ao,—

For the purpose of this section, the Beds of Rotokura Lakes are deemed to be a reserve and classified as a scenic reserve for the purposes specified in section 19(1)(a) of the Reserves Act 1977.

A consenter may withdraw consent for Te Pae Ao to continue to administer the Beds of Rotokura Lakes, but only after the consenter has given not less than 20 working days’ written notice that it wishes to withdraw consent to the other consenter and Te Pae Ao.

A notice given under subsection (5) must state the date on which withdrawal of consent takes effect (which must not be less than 20 working days from the date of the notice).

If consent is withdrawn under subsection (5), the Beds of Rotokura Lakes cease to be administered under this subpart by Te Pae Ao.

Nō te kawa ora te ara o Te Waiū-o-Te-Ika me ōna tāngata ki te mana o Tawhito-rangi i heke iho i Te Punga-o-ngā-rangi, inā:

Te Waiū-o-Te-Ika is a living and indivisible whole from Te Wai ā-moe to the sea, comprising physical (including mineral) and metaphysical elements, giving life and healing to its surroundings and communities.

In this section, Te Wai ā-moe means the Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu.

Ngā Toka Tupua are the intrinsic values that represent the essence of Te Waiū-o-Te-Ika, namely—

This section applies to persons exercising or performing a function, power, or duty under an Act referred to in Schedule 5,—

Persons exercising or performing a function, power, or duty (decision makers) under the Acts listed in clause 1 of Schedule 5 must recognise and provide for Te Mana Tupua and Ngā Toka Tupua.

Decision makers under the Acts listed in clause 2 of Schedule 5 must have particular regard to Te Mana Tupua and Ngā Toka Tupua.

The decision maker under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 (see clause 3 of Schedule 5) must have regard to Te Mana Tupua and Ngā Toka Tupua.

The obligations under subsections (2) to (4) must be fulfilled in a manner consistent with the purpose of the Act under which the function, power, or duty is exercised or performed.

Subsections (2) to (4)—

If the exercise or performance of a function, power, or duty under subsection (2), (3), or (4) requires a decision, document, or report, that decision, document, or report must state how the requirements of subsection (2), (3), or (4), as applicable, have been complied with.

Persons exercising or performing statutory functions, powers, or duties that relate to the Whangaehu River, or to activities in the Te Waiū-o-Te-Ika catchment that affect the Whangaehu River, may consider Te Mana Tupua and Ngā Toka Tupua as a relevant consideration.

However, those statutory functions, powers, and duties must be exercised or performed in a manner that is consistent with the purpose of the legislation under which those functions, powers, and duties are exercised or performed.

This section and section 112 apply to—

For the purposes of the Resource Management Act 1991, the governance entity or representative entity, as the case may be, is to be treated as—

For the purposes of the Conservation Act 1987, when the Minister of Conservation or the Director-General makes decisions relating to or affecting the Whangaehu River, the governance entity or representative entity, as the case may be, of each iwi or group of iwi of Ngā Iwi o Te Waiū-o-Te-Ika—

Despite sections 111 and 112, an iwi or a group of iwi of Ngā Iwi o Te Waiū-o-Te-Ika does not have a right to be consulted or notified (including limited notification under the Resource Management Act 1991) that they would not otherwise have.

If there is a discretion under the Resource Management Act 1991 or the Conservation Act 1987 for a decision maker to consult or notify the governance entities or representative entities, as the case may be, of an iwi or a group of iwi of Ngā Iwi o Te Waiū-o-Te-Ika,—

Sections 111 and 112 do not—

In this section,—