This Supplementary Order Paper inserts new clause 10 into the Point England Development Enabling Bill.

The Regulatory Impact Statement, submissions, and advice from officials during select committee made it clear that the Government intends to offer the development land to Ngāti Paoa as commercial redress under Te Tiriti of Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi. If neither Ngāti Paoa nor Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective chooses to buy the land, then the Crown will offer it for sale to a private developer for housing development.

Te Whanake/Point England is ancestral land of Ngāti Paoa. If Ngāti Paoa or Tāmaki iwi are unable to buy the 11 ha of land the Bill identifies for development, the land’s significance to iwi and as unique urban green space on the coast in part of Auckland subject to significant population growth and intensification means it should be retained by the Crown to protect options for its future use, ownership, and management. The Supplementary Order Paper inserts new clause 10 to do this.