Moriori Claims Settlement Bill
Moriori Claims Settlement Bill
Moriori Claims Settlement Bill
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Pire Whakataunga Kerēme a te Imi Moriori
Pire Kāwanatanga
238—2
Tērā i pūrongotia e te Komiti Whiriwhiri Take Māori
Moriori Claims Settlement Bill
Government Bill
238—2
As reported from the Māori Affairs Committee
Commentary
Recommendation
The Māori Affairs Committee has examined the Moriori Claims Settlement Bill and recommends that it be passed with the amendments shown.
About this bill
The Moriori Claims Settlement Bill would give effect to the Moriori Deed of Settlement agreed by Moriori and the Crown. The Moriori imi12 area of interest comprises Rēkohu (Chatham Island), Rangihaute (Pitt Island), Hokorereoro (South East Island), and other nearby islands, making up the Chatham Islands. The bill would settle all historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Moriori.
The Deed was ratified between 10 September and 25 October 2019, with a participation rate of 31 percent and an approval rate of 97 percent. It was signed on 14 February 2020.
The bill includes a summary of the historical background to the claims, including the confiscation and alienation of land resulting in the social, cultural, and economic marginalisation of Moriori. The bill also records the Crown’s acknowledgements of its breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi, its apology to Moriori, as well as a cultural and commercial redress.
The Moriori Imi Settlement Trust was ratified in 2018 as the post-settlement governance entity for Moriori.
Background
The bill sets out that Moriori arrived at the Chatham Islands sometime between 1000 and 1400 CE. They regard themselves as the waina pono (original inhabitants) of the islands. They lived undisturbed before the arrival of Europeans in 1791 and Māori (from mainland New Zealand) in 1835. Before the arrival of Europeans and Māori, Moriori had a rich and thriving lifestyle on Rēkohu.
Moriori lived in an egalitarian society where there was little differentiation of rank, and warfare and killing were outlawed.
The Crown claimed the Chatham Islands as New Zealand territory on 1 November 1842. By 1901 the Moriori population on Rēkohu had dropped from 2,000 (pre-contact) to 31.
The Moriori Imi Settlement Trust comprises over 900 adult registered members as at April 2020.
Moriori’s main grievances are the Crown’s:
failure to intervene to end the enslavement of Moriori
failure to protect Moriori from becoming virtually landless following the 1870 Native Land Court decision to award less than 3% of the land on Rēkohu to Moriori
failure to protect ta rē Moriori13
role in the collection and trade of kōimi karāpuna (Moriori ancestral bones or remains)
role in promoting myths that stigmatised Moriori as racially inferior people who became extinct.
Overlapping interests on the Chatham Islands
Moriori are one group of inhabitants on the Chatham Islands. Another is the iwi Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri.14 The imi and iwi have identical areas of interest, which overlap completely, encompassing the entirety of the Chatham Islands.
Because of overlapping interests, the Crown has sought to develop two pieces of legislation—and expects to develop a third—to settle all of the settlement interests on the Chatham Islands.
The current bill provides for the Moriori settlement, while a second bill, which has not yet been introduced to the House, would provide for the Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri settlement.
The Crown has also entered an agreement with Moriori and Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri for a shared redress. This is likely to result in a third piece of legislation, which has also not yet been introduced to the House.
Legislative scrutiny
As part of our consideration of the bill, we have examined its consistency with principles of legislative quality. We have no issues regarding the legislation’s design to bring to the attention of the House.
Proposed amendments
Most of our proposed amendments are minor and technical. This commentary covers the most substantive of the amendments we recommend to the bill as introduced.
Customary fisheries regulations
Clause 60 sets out provisions relating to customary fishing regulations.
As introduced, the bill provides for new customary fishing regulations to apply in the Rēkohu/Wharekauri fisheries area instead of the existing Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998. However, the bill would not require consultation on changes to rāhui (prohibited) areas. We recommend inserting new subparagraph (C) into clause 60(1)(b)(ii) which would require the responsible Minister to consult with any persons materially affected by a change in the areas. This insertion would ensure that appropriate consultation is undertaken with those affected by a rāhui.
We also recommend inserting new subparagraph (D) into clause 60(1)(b)(ii). This amendment would provide that people with a commercial interest in a species would be protected from the effect of a rāhui. Our proposed change reflects the wording of Regulation 23(1)(e) of the Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations.
We recommend amending clause 60(1)(e). Our amendment would align the language in the bill with that used in clause 5.43 of the Moriori Deed of Settlement in regard to customary fishing bylaws.15
We recommend inserting new paragraph (f) into clause 60(1). This would allow clause 60 to provide for any other matter required by clause 5.43 of the Moriori Deed of Settlement.
Consistency with the Secondary Legislation Act
To align the bill with the provisions of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021, we recommend removing subclause (3) from clause 60.
As introduced, clause 60(3) would provide that bylaws made under clause 60 were neither a legislative instrument nor a disallowable instrument for the purpose of the Legislation Act 2012. This means that they would not need to be presented to the House and could not be disallowed by the House. The Secondary Legislation Act changes this approach by classifying bylaws under settlement bills (and under regulations made under section 186 of the Fisheries Act 1996, as these will be) as secondary legislation, and therefore as presentable and disallowable.
Including appropriate wording
The bill as introduced includes some ta rē Moriori words and some te reo Māori words.
We recommend amending clause 60(1)(a) so that it includes the equivalent word for “kaitiaki” in ta rē Moriori, which is “tchieki”.16
Amendments to reflect legislative changes
We recommend several minor amendments to ensure the wording in the bill is up to date and consistent with the Acts and protocols that it refers to. We recommend amendments to:
clauses 6 and 19, to reflect the effect of legislative changes in the Trusts Act 2019
clauses 17, 99, and 112, to reflect changes to the Education and Training Act 2020
clauses 50 and 51, to reflect changes to the Secondary Legislation Act
clause 105, to reflect changes to the Public Works Act 1981.
For a similar reason, we recommend amending clauses 6 and 26 to make the wording in the bill consistent with the primary industries protocol.
We recommend amending clause 53 by inserting new subclause (4). This would require the Minister of Conservation to ensure that orders made under clause 53 were published in the Gazette. Our amendment reflects new requirements under the Secondary Legislation Act.
Request to amend the historical account summary
We received a submission from Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri that raised concerns about the accuracy of the bill’s historical account and requested some amendments. The historical account in the deed of settlement, which is summarised in clause 8 of the bill, sets out the Crown’s acts and omissions that have resulted in the acknowledgement and apology in both the deed of settlement and the bill.
We consider that the account provides an accurate summary of agreed facts between Moriori and the Crown. The summary was written with care and sensitivity to ensure the Crown can continue to uphold its obligations to its other Treaty partners. We note that Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri is one of these Treaty partners. We do not recommend any changes to the bill on this matter.
Matters that the bill does not address
We received a number of submissions that raised matters that the bill as introduced does not seek to address, including the issues discussed below. Standing Order 300 requires that we can only recommend amendments that are relevant to the subject matter of the bill and are consistent with the principles and objects of the bill. While we have not considered making recommendations to address these matters, we consider them to be of significant importance to the imi and wish to bring the matters to the attention of the House.
Protection of Te Ana a Nunuku
Several submitters expressed concern about the degradation of Te Ana a Nunuku (Nunuku’s Cave) and asked for it to be protected. This cave is important to Moriori as it is where their ancestor Nunuku Whenua lived. Nunuku Whenua outlawed fighting among inhabitants on the island. He is responsible for introducing the Kawenata Rongo o Nunuku Whenua (the covenant of peace of Nunuku Whenua), a significant aspect of tikane Moriori.17
During our visit to Rēkohu to hear from submitters on this bill, we visited the cave.
One of the most striking features of the cave are limestone carvings etched around its entrance. We heard, and saw, that these carvings are degrading and are saddened to see that they are not being protected.
We saw that a structure had been in place to protect the cave, but were told it was removed so that new protective measures could be explored. We understand a fence was proposed to be constructed above the cave to prevent stock access; however, this has not been done and no other protective structures are in place.
Te Ana a Nunuku is clearly an important site of cultural and historical significance that deserves to be protected and preserved.
We explored how the cave could be protected.
Including the cave in a district plan
We are aware that a council’s district plan could include heritage orders to protect the heritage qualities of a particular place or structure.18
We sought information from the Chatham Islands Council to find out if it has considered protecting the cave. We understand the council’s resource management document,19 approved at a council meeting on 14 December 2017, does not protect the cave. The council said that, as part of its district plan review, extensive consultation was carried out with imi, iwi, and the public, and the cave’s protection was not raised. We understand that the council does not intend to make changes to its district plan to protect the cave.
Including the cave on Rārangi Kōrero
We consider that the cave should be added to the New Zealand Heritage List (Rārangi Kōrero). We understand that if the cave were added to this list, it would gain a higher level of protection.
We note that once a site is added to Rārangi Kōrero, Heritage New Zealand (Pouhere Taonga) may make recommendations to the local authorities in the area about appropriate measures to conserve and protect the site.20
We understand that Pouhere Taonga staff spoke with Moriori and Ngāti Mutunga while visiting Rēkohu last year, and that it is currently awaiting an application to have the site added to the Rārangi Kōrero. We were informed that previous attempts to have the site added to the list have been unsuccessful because the site is located on private land and Pouhere Taonga has not gained support from the majority landowner. We understand that, until the cave is added to the Rārangi Kōrero, Pouhere Taonga cannot be involved in caring for the site. We were also told that the general management of the cave site is a contentious topic within the Rēkohu community.
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (Manatū Taonga) said that Pouhere Taonga needs the support of the landowners, imi, and iwi to progress any plans for the conservation of the cave.
Our view on protecting this site
We are aware of other significant sites on private land that are protected, for example the Opihi Rock Art site in Timaru, the Maerewhenua Historic Area in Otago, and te Manunui Rock Art site in Waimate, Canterbury.
We would like to see a similar protective status for this site. We encourage the private land owners, imi, iwi, local and central government to work together towards a solution that is focused on preserving the site.
Recognising ta rē Moriori as an official language
Several submitters requested that ta rē Moriori be recognised as an official language and said that its use should be supported.
We heard differing perspectives from some submitters who considered the language a dialect of te reo Māori.
We were informed that both ta rē Moriori and te reo Māori are derived from the same proto-Polynesian language. However, ta rē Moriori and its variations developed independently from te reo Māori due to the isolation of Moriori on the Chatham Islands.
We understand that it would require an Act of Parliament to make ta rē Moriori an official language. We note that te reo Māori was first recognised as an official language under the Māori Language Act 1987 (now replaced by the Māori Language Act 2016).
We sought information from te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission). We learnt that te Taura Whiri had previously recognised ta rē Moriori as a dialect of te reo Māori. We understand that this enabled it to support ta rē Moriori. We were told that te Taura Whiri has previously funded the development of ta rē Moriori and that $20,355 was granted in 2006 for language planning from its Mā te Reo fund.
We learnt that Moriori could have a claim for language support from community funds totalling $10 million allocated by the Government to Te Mātāwai in 2018.21
During our visit to Rēkohu we heard the language being spoken by submitters and recognise the passion Moriori have for the recognition and revitalisation of their language. It is not for our committee to determine as part of this process whether ta rē Moriori should be recognised through legislation. However, we do agree that the language should be supported. We encourage the relevant parties to work with Moriori to ensure that it is.
Appendix
Committee process
The Moriori Claims Settlement Bill was referred to the committee on 23 February 2021.
The closing date for submissions on the bill was 7 April 2021. We received and considered 55 submissions from interested groups and individuals. We heard oral evidence from 12 submitters at hearings on the Chatham Islands and in Wellington.
We received advice on the bill from Te Arawhiti—The Office for Māori Crown relations, and Kiwa Hammond—who was appointed as a specialist adviser to the assist the committee to provide advice about ta rē Moriori and tikane. The Office of the Clerk provided advice on the bill’s legislative quality. The Parliamentary Counsel Office assisted with legal drafting. The Regulations Review Committee reported to us on the powers contained in clause 60.
Committee membership
Tāmati Coffey (Chairperson)
Arena Williams
Paul Eagle
Shanan Halbert
Joseph Mooney
Todd Muller
Teanau Tuiono
Rawiri Waititi
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Hon Andrew Little
Moriori Claims Settlement Bill
Government Bill
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Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Moriori Claims Settlement Act 2020.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Part 1 Preliminary matters, historical account, acknowledgements and apology, and settlement of historical claims
Preliminary matters
3 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is—
(a)
to record the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to Moriori in the deed of settlement; and
(b)
to give effect to certain provisions of the deed of settlement that settles the historical claims of Moriori.
4 Provisions to take effect on settlement date
(1)
The provisions of this Act take effect on the settlement date unless stated otherwise.
(2)
Before the date on which a provision takes effect, a person may prepare or sign a document or do anything else that is required for—
(a)
the provision to have full effect on that date; or
(b)
a power to be exercised under the provision on that date; or
(c)
a duty to be performed under the provision on that date.
5 Act binds the Crown
This Act binds the Crown.
6 Outline
(1)
This section is a guide to the overall scheme and effect of this Act, but does not affect the interpretation or application of the other provisions of this Act or of the deed of settlement.
(2)
This Part—
(a)
sets out the purpose of this Act; and
(b)
provides that the provisions of this Act take effect on the settlement date unless a provision states otherwise; and
(c)
specifies that the Act binds the Crown; and
(d)
sets out a summary of the historical account, and records the text of the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to Moriori, as recorded in the deed of settlement; and
(e)
defines terms used in this Act, including key terms such as Moriori and historical claims; and
(f)
provides that the settlement of the historical claims is final; and
(g)
provides for—
(i)
the effect of the settlement of the historical claims on the jurisdiction of a court, tribunal, or other judicial body in respect of the historical claims; and
(ii)
a consequential amendment to the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975; and
(iii)
the effect of the settlement on certain memorials; and
(iv)
the exclusion of the law against perpetuities limit on the duration of a trust; and
(v)
access to the deed of settlement.
(3)
Part 2 provides for cultural redress, including—
(a)
cultural redress that does not involve the vesting of land, namely,—
(i)
protocols for Crown minerals, fisheries, primary industries, and taonga tūturu on the terms set out in the documents schedule; and
(ii)
a statutory acknowledgement by the Crown of the statements made by Moriori of their cultural, historical, spiritual, and traditional association with certain statutory areas and the effect of that acknowledgement, together with deeds of recognition for all but 2 of the statutory areas; and
(iii)
an overlay classification applying to certain areas of land; and
(iv)
the provision of official geographic names; and
(v)
provision for the making of regulations about customary fishing; and
(b)
cultural redress requiring vesting in the trustees of the fee simple estate in certain cultural redress properties.
(4)
Part 3 provides for commercial redress, including—
(a)
the transfer of deferred selection properties to the trustees; and
(b)
a right of first refusal over shared RFR land.
(5)
There are 4 schedules, as follows:
(a)
Schedule 1 describes the statutory areas to which the statutory acknowledgement relates and, in all but 2 cases, for which deeds of recognition are issued:
(b)
Schedule 2 describes the overlay areas to which the overlay classification applies:
(c)
Schedule 3 describes the cultural redress properties:
(d)
Schedule 4 sets out provisions that apply to notices given in relation to shared RFR land.
Summary of historical account, acknowledgements, and apology of the Crown
7 Summary of historical account, acknowledgements, and apology
(1)
Section 8 summarises the historical account in the deed of settlement, setting out the basis for the acknowledgements and apology.
(2)
Sections 9 and 10 record the text of the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to Moriori in the deed of settlement.
8 Summary of historical account
(1)
Moriori karāpuna (ancestors) were the waina-pono (original inhabitants) of Rēkohu, Rangihaute, Hokorereoro (South East Island), and other nearby islands (making up the Chatham Islands). They arrived sometime between 1000 and 1400 CE and all Moriori hokopapa to (are descended from) the founding ancestor Rongomaiwhenua. Moriori developed an egalitarian society where there was little differentiation of rank, and warfare and killing were outlawed. Moriori lived undisturbed for many centuries until their first contact with Pākehā, in 1791.
(2)
In late 1835, about 900 people of 2 Māori imi (tribes) sailed on a British ship to Rēkohu after hearing of the islands’ attractiveness for settlement and believing Moriori would offer little resistance. The newcomers were welcomed and fed by Moriori in accordance with tikane Moriori (Moriori custom). The newcomers soon began to walk the land. Some Moriori wanted to resist the invaders, but the elders Torea and Tapata urged the people to obey Nunuku’s law of peace, arguing that to violate it would be contrary to their ancient beliefs and customs. Upon returning to their villages they were attacked, and many were killed. Māori accounts put the number of Moriori killed in 1835–36 at around 300, or about one-sixth of the population. Those Moriori who survived the invasion were enslaved and forced to do manual labour. Slavery was foreign to and totally at odds with tikane Moriori.
(3)
In 1842, Rēkohu and the surrounding islands were annexed to New Zealand, as the Chatham Islands. The Crown took no action before the late 1850s to alleviate the conditions of Moriori enslavement. Moriori sent letters and petitions to the Crown detailing their plight, including the names of those killed in the invasion and those who had subsequently died of despair. In 1862, Moriori wrote an extensive petition to the Crown seeking recognition of their ancient land rights and claiming the protection of the Crown and English law. In an 1862 letter, Moriori stated that they continued to be enslaved by Māori. In 1863, a new Resident Magistrate was appointed who set about improving some conditions for Moriori.
(4)
In June 1870, the Native Land Court sat on the Chatham Islands. At that time, the population of the Chathams comprised just under 100 Moriori and about 20 Māori, but some Māori returned to the Chatham Islands from Taranaki to conduct their case and support their claim. The Court sat for 8 days at Waitangi and heard claims over the whole of Rēkohu as just 5 blocks, as well as claims to Hokorereoro (South East Island) and Rangihaute (Pitt Island). The Court, applying its own understanding of “Native customs”
, gave particular weight to pre-1840 conquest, where it was accompanied by subsequent occupation.
(5)
The Court awarded more than 97% of the land to the recently arrived Māori and less than 3% to Moriori. Tikane Moriori did not recognise conquest as a means of gaining land rights. Moriori arguments focused on holding rights in accordance with tikane, in particular through ancestral occupation and adherence to their own ancient law of peace. Although under Moriori customary tenure land was held communally, Crown title was awarded to individuals. As a result of being left virtually landless, many Moriori who had survived the enslavement were forced to abandon Rēkohu.
(6)
By 1901, the Moriori population on Rēkohu had collapsed from a pre-contact population of at least 2,000 to only 31 (out of a total Chatham Islands population of 418 comprising Moriori, Māori, and Europeans). At the turn of the century, several prominent Moriori elders died. With the loss of this generation, none remained who had first-hand knowledge of Moriori language and traditions. Moriori awareness of their language, hokopapa, and traditions subsequently went further into decline.
(7)
In 1867, the Crown extended political representation to all Māori men who lived within 4 electoral districts. The Chatham Islands were outside all electoral districts, meaning Moriori and other Chatham Islands residents could not vote or have political representation. It was not until 1922 that legislation was enacted to correct this.
(8)
For more than 100 years, individuals and institutions (including the Colonial Museum, a Crown institution) collected and exchanged kōimi t’chakat Moriori (the skeletal remains of Moriori ancestors) taken from Rēkohu and surrounding islands. Moriori assert that that removal of kōimi t’chakat Moriori violated the tchap’ (tapu) of these miheke (taonga) and eroded Moriori authority by interfering with their ability to act as tchieki (guardians) of their miheke.
(9)
In the early 20th century, prominent ethnographers wrongly portrayed Moriori as extinct and racially distinct from, and inferior to, Māori. The Crown contributed to the dissemination of this myth through the publication of the School Journal. The 1916 and 1946 editions of the School Journal taught generations of New Zealand schoolchildren that Moriori were an inferior race and had occupied New Zealand prior to the arrival of Māori and had been driven out to the Chatham Islands by the later migrants. These myths caused much damage to Moriori and still persist today.
(10)
The stories popularised and spread through the School Journal had a significant impact on many children of Moriori descent and they carried this through into adulthood. As a result of the stigma associated with persistent myths, generations have been reluctant to identify as Moriori or have not been told that they are Moriori, growing up in ignorance of their heritage. Moriori are still dealing with this legacy of loss today.
(11)
Since the late 1970s, Moriori descendants have been working to rebuild their identity and culture as a distinct people with a unique heritage. What has been achieved over the past 40 years is testament to their resilience as a people and their determination to reclaim their rightful place in the history of Rēkohu and Aotearoa New Zealand.
9 Acknowledgements
(1)
The Crown acknowledges Moriori as tchakat henu (tangata whenua) of Rēkohu (the Chatham Islands) and that Moriori had been settled on Rēkohu for many centuries before 1842.
(2)
The Crown acknowledges that until now it has failed to address the deeply-felt and long-standing grievances of Moriori in an appropriate way.
(3)
The Crown acknowledges the deaths of a significant number of Moriori as a consequence of their enslavement, as detailed in an 1862 petition to the Crown. The Crown further acknowledges that its failure to have acted in a more reactive and proactive manner to end the enslavement of the Moriori people was a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
(4)
The Crown acknowledges that—
(a)
it did not consult Moriori about the introduction of the native land laws, which provided for the land awarded to Moriori by the Native Land Court to be held on the basis of individual title, rather than traditional collective tenure; and
(b)
in 1870, the Native Land Court awarded titles for 7 reserves to Moriori, each in the names of 9 or fewer individuals; and
(c)
the individualisation of Moriori land tenure made the small amount of land remaining in Moriori ownership more susceptible to fragmentation, partition, and alienation, and further eroded Moriori tribal structures; and
(d)
its failure to take steps to adequately protect the traditional tribal structures of Moriori, which were based on collective imi and hapū custodianship of land that had been held in peaceful occupation for many generations, had a prejudicial effect on Moriori and was a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
(5)
The Crown further acknowledges Moriori were virtually landless from 1870, and that its failure to ensure Moriori retained sufficient lands for their present and future needs was a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles. This landlessness hindered the cultural, social, and economic development of Moriori, most of whom live outside their rohe today. This compromised the ability of Moriori to manage their taonga and their wāhi t’chap (sacred sites), and to fulfil their t’chieki (guardian) and manawarekatanga (manaakitanga) responsibilities, all of which contributed to the erosion of mana Moriori and Moriori identity.
(6)
The Crown acknowledges that its failure to devise a just solution for Moriori in regard to land on the Chatham Islands following the Native Land Court’s determination of land title was a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
(7)
The Crown acknowledges that by 1900 ta rē Moriori was no longer a living language. The Crown further acknowledges that it failed to actively protect ta rē Moriori, which contributed to the decline of ta rē Moriori, and this was a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
(8)
The Crown acknowledges that kōimi t’chakat Moriori (Moriori human remains) are tchap’ (sacred), and that the removal from Rēkohu, collection, and trade of kōimi t’chakat violated the tchap’ of these miheke (taonga) and caused Moriori great distress.
(9)
The Crown further acknowledges that the collection and trade of kōimi t’chakat by the Colonial Museum were actions undertaken by or on behalf of the Crown and were a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
(10)
The Crown acknowledges its contribution, through the dissemination of school journals, to the stigmatisation of Moriori as a racially inferior people who became extinct and acknowledges the suffering and hardship these myths have caused to generations of Moriori through to the present day.
(11)
The Crown further acknowledges that its role in generations of schoolchildren learning the myth that Moriori were racially inferior contributed to the diminution of Moriori ihi (authority), and ieriki ieriki (imi leadership), over their identity, and rejection or loss of knowledge of Moriori hokopapa (ancestry), and was a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
(12)
The Crown acknowledges that until 1922 it failed to make any provision for Moriori and other Chatham Islanders to vote in parliamentary elections and have political representation, despite this issue having been debated in Parliament from as early as 1880. This unjustified failure, until 1922, to ensure that Moriori could exercise the right to vote denied Moriori a fundamental right and privilege of British subjects and was a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles.
10 Apology
The text of the apology offered by the Crown to Moriori, as set out in the deed of settlement, is as follows:
“(a)
To the Moriori people, tchakat henu (tangata whenua) and waina pono (original inhabitants) of Rēkohu (the Chatham Islands), to your karāpuna and mokopū, the Crown is profoundly sorry that for too long it failed to uphold the partnership and provide the protection envisaged by te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles and sought by Moriori karāpuna since the 1840s.
(b)
The Crown expresses its deep remorse for the pain and hurt its breaches of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles have caused to you and to generations of Moriori people and offers this apology.
(c)
The Crown was aware in 1842, when it assumed responsibility for the Chatham Islands, that Moriori were enslaved and many had died at the hands of their captors. The Crown profoundly regrets that it failed for many years to take action to end Moriori enslavement, and that your karāpuna continued to suffer greatly in oppressive conditions which caused many more to die, including some who died of an illness known to Moriori as “kongenge”
, a deep despair of the spirit. The Crown acknowledges the protests of your karāpuna who actively sought from the Crown the protection owed to them under the Treaty of Waitangi and unreservedly apologises for its prolonged failure to act to end your people’s enslavement.
(d)
The Crown did not consult your karāpuna when it promoted the native land laws in the late 1860s. After the 1870 hearings of the Native Land Court on Rēkohu, you were left virtually landless. Your tribal structures were undermined and you were severed from your land, your wahi t’chap (sacred sites), and your responsibilities as guardians and hosts. For its failure to ensure that you retained sufficient lands for your present and future needs, the Crown is deeply sorry.
(e)
By the beginning of the twentieth century ta rē Moriori (the Moriori language) as a living language had been lost to Moriori and Aotearoa New Zealand. For its failure to actively protect this miheke (taonga), the Crown apologises sincerely.
(f)
Over a period of many years the Crown, through the Colonial Museum, collected, removed, and traded kōimi t’chakat (Moriori human remains) from Rēkohu. For these actions, which violated the t’chap of these miheke and caused great distress, the Crown is profoundly sorry.
(g)
The Crown contributed, through the dissemination of derogatory stories in the School Journal, to the wrongful stigmatisation of Moriori as a racially inferior people who became extinct. For its part in spreading this myth to generations of New Zealanders and the suffering and hardship it caused, especially to children of Moriori descent, the Crown apologises unreservedly.
(h)
The Crown pays tribute to you and your karāpuna for your persistence in this long search for justice. You have held strong to your principles of peace, known today as Nunuku’s Law, and preserved the mana and manawa of Moriori. The Crown is humbled by your example.
(i)
Through this settlement the Crown seeks to atone for the wrongs of the past, and to renew the relationship between Moriori and the Crown under te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles. May this renewed relationship lead us towards a future of justice and peace—a future worthy of the vision offered to us by the Moriori Imi and your karāpuna.”
Interpretation provisions
11 Interpretation of Act generally
It is the intention of Parliament that the provisions of this Act are interpreted in a manner that best furthers the agreements expressed in the deed of settlement.
12 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
administering body has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Reserves Act 1977
attachments means the attachments to the deed of settlement
Commissioner of Crown Lands means the Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed in accordance with section 24AA of the Land Act 1948
consent authority has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991
conservation area has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Conservation Act 1987
conservation management plan has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Conservation Act 1987
conservation management strategy has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Conservation Act 1987
Crown has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989
cultural redress property has the meaning given in section 61
deed of recognition—
(a)
means a deed of recognition issued under section 37 by the Minister of Conservation and the Director-General; and
(b)
includes any amendments made under section 37(3)
deed of settlement—
(a)
means the deed of settlement dated 14 February 2020 and signed by—
(i)
the Honourable Andrew Little, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, and the Honourable Grant Murray Robertson, Minister of Finance, for and on behalf of the Crown; and
(ii)
Maui Ashley Solomon, Paul Te Teira Solomon, Thomas Henry Lanauze, and Grace Ngaroimata LeGros, for and on behalf of Moriori; and
(iii)
Maui Ashley Solomon, Paul Te Teira Solomon, Thomas Henry Lanauze, Grace Ngaroimata LeGros, and Sharon Anne Elizabeth Wadsworth, being the trustees of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust; and
(b)
includes—
(i)
the schedules of, and attachments to, the deed; and
(ii)
any amendments to the deed or its schedules and attachments
deferred selection property has the meaning given in section 84
Director-General means the Director-General of Conservation
documents schedule means the documents schedule of the deed of settlement
effective date means the date that is 6 months after the settlement date
historical claims has the meaning given in section 14
interest means a covenant, easement, lease, licence, licence to occupy, tenancy, or other right or obligation affecting a property
LINZ means Land Information New Zealand
member of Moriori means an individual referred to in section 13(1)(a)
Moriori Imi Settlement Trust means the trust of that name established by a trust deed dated 3 December 2018
national park management plan has the meaning given to management plan in section 2 of the National Parks Act 1980
overlay classification has the meaning given in section 41
record of title has the meaning given in section 5(1) of the Land Transfer Act 2017
Registrar-General has the meaning given to Registrar in section 5(1) of the Land Transfer Act 2017
representative entity means—
(a)
the trustees; and
(b)
any person, including any trustee, acting for or on behalf of—
(i)
the collective group referred to in section 13(1)(a); or
(ii)
1 or more members of Moriori; or
(iii)
1 or more of the hunau, hapū, or groups referred to in section 13(1)(c)
reserve has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Reserves Act 1977
reserve property has the meaning given in section 61
resource consent has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991
RFR means the right of first refusal provided for by subpart 2 of Part 3
RFR area has the meaning given in section 89
settlement date means the date that is 40 working days after the date on which this Act comes into force
shared RFR land has the meaning given in section 90
statutory acknowledgement has the meaning given in section 28
tikane means customary values and practices
trustees of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust and trustees mean the trustees, acting in their capacity as trustees, of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust
working day means a day other than—
(a)
Saturday, Sunday, Waitangi Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, the Sovereign’s birthday, and Labour Day:
(b)
if Waitangi Day or Anzac Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday:
(c)
a day in the period commencing with 25 December in any year and ending with the close of 15 January in the following year:
(d)
the days observed as the anniversaries of the provinces of Chatham Islands and Wellington.
13 Meaning of Moriori
(1)
In this Act, Moriori—
(a)
means the collective group composed of individuals who are descended from a Moriori karāpuna; and
(b)
includes those individuals; and
(c)
includes any hunau, hapū, or group to the extent that it is composed of those individuals.
(2)
In this section and section 14,—
area of interest means the area shown as the Moriori area of interest in part 1 of the attachments
customary rights means rights exercised according to tikane Moriori, including—
(a)
rights to occupy land; and
(b)
rights in relation to the use of land or other natural or physical resources
descended means that a person is descended from another person by—
(a)
birth; or
(b)
legal adoption; or
(c)
Moriori customary adoption in accordance with tikane Moriori
Moriori karāpuna means an individual who—
(a)
exercised customary rights by virtue of being descended from—
(i)
Rongomaiwhenua or Rongomaitere; or
(ii)
any other recognised ancestor of a group referred to in part 9.6.2 of the deed of settlement; and
(b)
exercised the customary rights predominantly in relation to the area of interest.
14 Meaning of historical claims
(1)
In this Act, historical claims—
(a)
means the claims described in subsection (2); and
(b)
includes the claims described in subsection (3); but
(c)
does not include the claims described in subsection (4).
(2)
The historical claims are every claim that Moriori or a representative entity had on or before the settlement date, or may have after the settlement date, and that—
(a)
is founded on a right arising—
(i)
from the Treaty of Waitangi or its principles; or
(ii)
under legislation; or
(iii)
at common law (including aboriginal title or customary law); or
(iv)
from a fiduciary duty; or
(v)
otherwise; and
(b)
arises from, or relates to, acts or omissions before 21 September 1992—
(i)
by or on behalf of the Crown; or
(ii)
by or under legislation.
(3)
The historical claims include—
(a)
a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal that relates exclusively to Moriori or a representative entity, including each of the following claims, to the extent that subsection (2) applies to the claim:
(i)
Wai 64—Moriori claim:
(ii)
Wai 308—Moriori Tchakat Henu claim:
(iii)
Wai 417—Moriori claim:
(b)
every other claim to the Waitangi Tribunal to the extent that subsection (2) applies to the claim and the claim relates to Moriori or a representative entity.
(4)
However, the historical claims do not include—
(a)
a claim that a member of Moriori, or a hunau, hapū, or group referred to in section 13(1)(c), had or may have that is founded on a right arising by virtue of being descended from an ancestor who is not a Moriori karāpuna; or
(b)
a claim that a representative entity had or may have that is based on a claim referred to in paragraph (a).
(5)
A claim may be a historical claim whether or not the claim has arisen or been considered, researched, registered, notified, or made on or before the settlement date.
Historical claims settled and jurisdiction of courts, etc, removed
15 Settlement of historical claims final
(1)
The historical claims are settled.
(2)
The settlement of the historical claims is final, and, on and from the settlement date, the Crown is released and discharged from all obligations and liabilities in respect of those claims.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not limit the deed of settlement.
(4)
Despite any other enactment or rule of law, on and from the settlement date, no court, tribunal, or other judicial body has jurisdiction (including the jurisdiction to inquire or further inquire, or to make a finding or recommendation) in respect of—
(a)
the historical claims; or
(b)
the deed of settlement; or
(c)
this Act; or
(d)
the redress provided under the deed of settlement or this Act.
(5)
Subsection (4) does not exclude the jurisdiction of a court, tribunal, or other judicial body in respect of the interpretation or implementation of the deed of settlement or this Act.
Amendment to Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
16 Amendment to Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
(1)
This section amends the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.
(2)
In Schedule 3, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
Moriori Claims Settlement Act 2020, section 15(4) and (5)
Resumptive memorials no longer to apply
17 Certain enactments do not apply
(1)
The enactments listed in subsection (2) do not apply—
(a)
to a cultural redress property; or
(b)
to a deferred selection property on and from the date of its transfer to the trustees; or
(c)
to shared RFR land transferred under a contract formed under section 98; or
(d)
for the benefit of Moriori or a representative entity.
(2)
The enactments are—
(a)
Part 3 of the Crown Forest Assets Act 1989:
(b)
sections 211 to 213 of the Education Act 1989:
(b)
sections 568 to 570 of the Education and Training Act 2020:
(c)
Part 3 of the New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990:
(d)
sections 27A to 27C of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986:
(e)
sections 8A to 8HJ of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.
18 Resumptive memorials to be cancelled
(1)
The chief executive of LINZ must issue to the Registrar-General 1 or more certificates that specify the legal description of, and identify the record of title for, each allotment that—
(a)
is all or part of—
(i)
a cultural redress property:
(ii)
a deferred selection property:
(iii)
the shared RFR land transferred under a contract formed under section 98; and
(b)
is subject to a resumptive memorial recorded under an enactment listed in section 17(2).
(2)
The chief executive of LINZ must issue a certificate as soon as is reasonably practicable after—
(a)
the settlement date, for a cultural redress property; or
(b)
the date of transfer of the property to the trustees, for a deferred selection property; or
(c)
the date of transfer of the land, for shared RFR land transferred under a contract formed under section 98.
(3)
Each certificate must state that it is issued under this section.
(4)
As soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a certificate, the Registrar-General must—
(a)
register the certificate against each record of title identified in the certificate; and
(b)
cancel each memorial recorded under an enactment listed in section 17(2) on a record of title identified in the certificate, but only in respect of each allotment described in the certificate.
Miscellaneous matters
19 Rule against perpetuities Limit on duration of trusts does not apply
(1)
The rule against perpetuities and the provisions of the Perpetuities Act 1964A limit on the duration of a trust in any rule of law, and a limit in the provisions of any Act, including section 16 of the Trusts Act 2019,—
(a)
do not prescribe or restrict the period during which—
(i)
the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust may exist in law; or
(ii)
the trustees may hold or deal with property or income derived from property; and
(b)
do not apply to a document entered into to give effect to the deed of settlement if the application of that rule or the provisions of that Act would otherwise make the document, or a right conferred by the document, invalid or ineffective.
(2)
However, if the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust is, or becomes, a charitable trust, the application (if any) of the rule against perpetuities or of any provision of the Perpetuities Act 1964 to that trust must be determined under the general law the trust may continue indefinitely under section 16(6)(a) of the Trusts Act 2019.
20 Access to deed of settlement
The chief executive of the Office for Māori Crown Relations—Te Arawhiti must make copies of the deed of settlement available—
(a)
for inspection free of charge, and for purchase at a reasonable price, at that Office in Wellington between 9 am and 5 pm on any working day; and
(b)
free of charge on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of that Office.
Part 2 Cultural redress
Subpart 1—Protocols
21 Interpretation
In this subpart,—
Hokoaetanga Tiaki Miheke means the document entered into under clause 5.33 of the deed of settlement (in the form set out in part 9 of the documents schedule)
protocol—
(a)
means each of the following protocols issued under section 22(1) or (2):
(i)
the Crown minerals protocol:
(ii)
the primary industries protocol:
(iii)
Appendix B of the Hokoaetanga Tiaki Miheke; and
(b)
includes any amendments made under section 22(3)
responsible Minister means the 1 or more Ministers who have responsibility under a protocol.
General provisions applying to protocols
22 Issuing, amending, and cancelling protocols
(1)
The responsible Minister must issue each of the protocols, other than Appendix B of the Hokoaetanga Tiaki Miheke, to the trustees on the terms set out in part 4 of the documents schedule.
(2)
Appendix B of the Hokoaetanga Tiaki Miheke must be treated as having been issued by the responsible Minister.
(3)
The responsible Minister may amend or cancel a protocol at the initiative of—
(a)
the trustees; or
(b)
the responsible Minister.
(4)
The responsible Minister may amend or cancel a protocol only after consulting, and having particular regard to the views of, the trustees.
23 Protocols subject to rights, functions, and duties
A protocol does not restrict—
(a)
the ability of the Crown to exercise its powers and perform its functions and duties in accordance with the law and Government policy, for example, the ability—
(i)
to introduce legislation and change Government policy; and
(ii)
to interact with or consult a person that the Crown considers appropriate, including any iwi, hapū, marae, whānau, or other representative of tangata whenua; or
(b)
the responsibilities of the responsible Minister or a department of State; or
(c)
the legal rights of Moriori or a representative entity.
24 Enforcement of protocols
(1)
The Crown must comply with a protocol while it is in force.
(2)
If the Crown fails to comply with a protocol without good cause, the trustees may enforce the protocol, subject to the Crown Proceedings Act 1950.
(3)
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 a protocol.
(4)
To avoid doubt,—
(a)
subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to guidelines developed for the implementation of a protocol; and
(b)
subsection (3) does not affect the ability of a court to award costs incurred by the trustees in enforcing the protocol under subsection (2).
Crown minerals
25 Crown minerals protocol
(1)
The chief executive of the department of State responsible for the administration of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 must note a summary of the terms of the Crown minerals protocol in—
(a)
a register of protocols maintained by the chief executive; and
(b)
the minerals programmes that affect the Crown minerals protocol area, but only when those programmes are changed.
(2)
The noting of the summary is—
(a)
for the purpose of public notice only; and
(b)
not a change to the minerals programmes for the purposes of the Crown Minerals Act 1991.
(3)
The Crown minerals protocol does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, Crown minerals.
(4)
In this section,—
Crown mineral means a mineral, as defined in section 2(1) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991,—
(a)
that is the property of the Crown under section 10 or 11 of that Act; or
(b)
over which the Crown has jurisdiction under the Continental Shelf Act 1964
Crown minerals protocol area means the area shown on the map attached to the Crown minerals protocol, together with the adjacent waters
minerals programme has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991.
Fisheries
Primary industries
26 Primary industries protocol
(1)
The chief executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries must note a summary of the terms of the primary industries protocol in any fisheries plan that affects the primary industries protocol area.
(2)
The noting of the summary is—
(a)
for the purpose of public notice only; and
(b)
not an amendment to a fisheries plan for the purposes of section 11A of the Fisheries Act 1996.
(3)
The primary industries protocol does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, assets or other property rights (including in respect of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed) that are held, managed, or administered under any of the following enactments:
(a)
the Fisheries Act 1996:
(b)
the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004:
(c)
the Maori Fisheries Act 2004:
(d)
the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992.
(4)
In this section,—
fisheries plan means a plan approved or amended under section 11A of the Fisheries Act 1996
primary industries protocol area means the area shown on the map attached to the primary industries protocol, together with the adjacent waters.
Taonga tūturu
27 Appendix B of Hokoaetanga Tiaki Miheke
(1)
Appendix B of the Hokoaetanga Tiaki Miheke does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, taonga tūturu.
(2)
In this section, taonga tūturu—
(a)
has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Protected Objects Act 1975; and
(b)
includes ngā taonga tūturu, as defined in section 2(1) of that Act.
Subpart 2—Statutory acknowledgement and deeds of recognition
28 Interpretation
In this subpart,—
relevant consent authority, for a statutory area, means a consent authority of a region or district that contains, or is adjacent to, the statutory area
statement of association, for a statutory area, means the statement—
(a)
made by Moriori of their particular cultural, historical, spiritual, and traditional association with the statutory area; and
(b)
set out in part 2 of the documents schedule
statutory acknowledgement means the acknowledgement made by the Crown in section 29 in respect of the statutory areas, on the terms set out in this subpart
statutory area means an area described in Schedule 1, the general location of which is indicated on the deed plan for that area
statutory plan—
(a)
means a district plan, regional coastal plan, regional plan, regional policy statement, or proposed policy statement as defined in section 43AA of the Resource Management Act 1991; and
(b)
includes a proposed plan, as defined in section 43AAC of that Act.
Statutory acknowledgement
29 Statutory acknowledgement by the Crown
The Crown acknowledges the statements of association for the statutory areas.
30 Purposes of statutory acknowledgement
The only purposes of the statutory acknowledgement are—
(a)
to require relevant consent authorities, the Environment Court, and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga to have regard to the statutory acknowledgement, in accordance with sections 31 to 33; and
(b)
to require relevant consent authorities to record the statutory acknowledgement on statutory plans that relate to the statutory areas and to provide summaries of resource consent applications or copies of notices of applications to the trustees, in accordance with sections 34 and 35; and
(c)
to enable the trustees and any member of Moriori to cite the statutory acknowledgement as evidence of the association of Moriori with a statutory area, in accordance with section 36.
31 Relevant consent authorities to have regard to statutory acknowledgement
(1)
This section applies in relation to an application for a resource consent for an activity within, adjacent to, or directly affecting a statutory area.
(2)
On and from the effective date, a relevant consent authority must have regard to the statutory acknowledgement relating to the statutory area in deciding, under section 95E of the Resource Management Act 1991, whether the trustees are affected persons in relation to the activity.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not limit the obligations of a relevant consent authority under the Resource Management Act 1991.
32 Environment Court to have regard to statutory acknowledgement
(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not limit the obligations of the Environment Court under the Resource Management Act 1991.
33 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and Environment Court to have regard to statutory acknowledgement
(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
On and from the effective date, the Environment Court must have regard to the statutory acknowledgement relating to the statutory area—
(a)
in determining whether the trustees are persons directly affected by the decision; and
(b)
in determining, under section 59(1) or 64(1) of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, an appeal against a decision of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga in relation to the application.
(4)
In this section, archaeological site has the meaning given in section 6 of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014.
34 Recording statutory acknowledgement on statutory plans
(1)
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.
(2)
The information attached to a statutory plan must include—
(a)
a copy of sections 29 to 33, 35, and 36; and
(b)
descriptions of the statutory areas wholly or partly covered by the plan; and
(c)
the statement of association for each statutory area.
(3)
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—
(a)
part of the statutory plan; or
(b)
subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991.
35 Provision of summary or notice to trustees
(1)
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)
if the application is received by the consent authority, a summary of the application; or
(b)
if notice of the application is served on the consent authority under section 145(10) of the Resource Management Act 1991, a copy of the notice.
(2)
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(4) of the Resource Management Act 1991 or as may be agreed between the trustees and the relevant consent authority.
(3)
The summary must be provided—
(a)
as soon as is reasonably practicable after the relevant consent authority receives the application; but
(b)
before the relevant consent authority decides under section 95 of the Resource Management Act 1991 whether to notify the application.
(4)
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.
(5)
The trustees may, by written notice to a relevant consent authority,—
(a)
waive the right to be provided with a summary or copy of a notice under this section; and
(b)
state the scope of that waiver and the period it applies for.
(6)
This section does not affect the obligation of a relevant consent authority to decide,—
(a)
under section 95 of the Resource Management Act 1991, whether to notify an application:
(b)
under section 95E of that Act, whether the trustees are affected persons in relation to an activity.
36 Use of statutory acknowledgement
(1)
The trustees and any member of Moriori may, as evidence of the association of Moriori 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—
(a)
the relevant consent authorities; or
(b)
the Environment Court; or
(c)
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga; or
(d)
the Environmental Protection Authority or a board of inquiry under Part 6AA of the Resource Management Act 1991.
(2)
The content of a statement of association is not, because of the statutory acknowledgement, binding as fact on—
(a)
the bodies referred to in subsection (1); or
(b)
parties to proceedings before those bodies; or
(c)
any other person who is entitled to participate in those proceedings.
(3)
However, the bodies and persons specified in subsection (2) may take the statutory acknowledgement into account.
(4)
To avoid doubt,—
(a)
the trustees and the members of Moriori are not precluded from stating that Moriori has an association with a statutory area that is not described in the statutory acknowledgement; and
(b)
the content and existence of the statutory acknowledgement do not limit any statement made.
Deeds of recognition
37 Issuing and amending deeds of recognition
(1)
This section applies in respect of the statutory areas listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1.
(2)
The Minister of Conservation and the Director-General must issue a deed of recognition in the form set out in part 3 of the documents schedule for the statutory areas.
(3)
The Minister of Conservation and the Director-General may amend a deed of recognition, but only with the written consent of the trustees.
General provisions relating to statutory acknowledgement and deeds of recognition
38 Exercise of powers and performance of functions and duties
(1)
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.
(2)
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 Moriori with a statutory area than that person would give if there were no statutory acknowledgement or deed of recognition for the statutory area.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1).
(4)
This section is subject to—
(a)
the other provisions of this subpart; and
(b)
any obligation imposed on the Minister of Conservation or the Director-General by a deed of recognition.
39 Rights not affected
(1)
The statutory acknowledgement and a deed of recognition—
(a)
do not affect the lawful rights or interests of a person who is not a party to the deed of settlement; and
(b)
do not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, a statutory area.
(2)
This section is subject to the other provisions of this subpart.
Consequential amendment to Resource Management Act 1991
40 Amendment to Resource Management Act 1991
(1)
This section amends the Resource Management Act 1991.
(2)
In Schedule 11, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
Moriori Claims Settlement Act 2020.
Subpart 3—Overlay classification
41 Interpretation
In this subpart,—
Conservation Board means a board established under section 6L of the Conservation Act 1987
New Zealand Conservation Authority means the Authority established by section 6A of the Conservation Act 1987
overlay area—
(a)
means an area that is declared under section 42(1) to be subject to the overlay classification; but
(b)
does not include an area that is declared under section 53(1) to be no longer subject to the overlay classification
overlay classification means the application of this subpart to each overlay area
protection principles, for an overlay area,—
(a)
means the principles agreed by the trustees and the Minister of Conservation, as set out for the area in part 1 of the documents schedule; and
(b)
includes any principles as they are amended by the written agreement of the trustees and the Minister of Conservation
specified actions, for an overlay area, means the actions set out for the area in part 1 of the documents schedule
statement of values, for an overlay area, means the statement—
(a)
made by Moriori of their values relating to their cultural, historical, spiritual, and traditional association with the overlay area; and
(b)
set out in part 1 of the documents schedule.
42 Declaration of overlay classification and the Crown’s acknowledgement
(1)
Each area described in Schedule 2 is declared to be subject to the overlay classification.
(2)
The Crown acknowledges the statements of values for the overlay areas.
43 Purposes of overlay classification
The only purposes of the overlay classification are—
(a)
to require the New Zealand Conservation Authority and relevant Conservation Boards to comply with the obligations in section 45; and
(b)
to enable the taking of action under sections 46 to 51.
44 Effect of protection principles
The protection principles are intended to prevent the values stated in the statement of values for an overlay area from being harmed or diminished.
45 Obligations on New Zealand Conservation Authority and Conservation Boards
(1)
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 an overlay area, the Authority or Board must have particular regard to—
(a)
the statement of values for the area; and
(b)
the protection principles for the area.
(2)
Before approving a strategy or plan that relates to an overlay area, the New Zealand Conservation Authority or a Conservation Board must—
(a)
consult the trustees; and
(b)
have particular regard to the views of the trustees as to the effect of the strategy or plan on—
(i)
any matters in the implementation of the statement of values for the area; and
(ii)
any matters in the implementation of the protection principles for the area.
(3)
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 an overlay area, the Authority must, before approving the strategy, give the trustees an opportunity to make submissions in relation to those concerns.
46 Noting of overlay classification in strategies and plans
(1)
The application of the overlay classification to an overlay area must be noted in any conservation management strategy, conservation management plan, or national park management plan affecting the area.
(2)
The noting of the overlay classification is—
(a)
for the purpose of public notice only; and
(b)
not an amendment to the strategy or plan for the purposes of section 17I of the Conservation Act 1987 or section 46 of the National Parks Act 1980.
47 Notification in Gazette
(1)
The Minister of Conservation must notify in the Gazette, as soon as practicable after the settlement date,—
(a)
the declaration made by section 42 that the overlay classification applies to the overlay areas; and
(b)
the protection principles for each overlay area.
(2)
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.
(3)
The Director-General may notify in the Gazette any action (including any specified action) taken or intended to be taken under section 48 or 49.
48 Actions by Director-General
(1)
The Director-General must take action in relation to the protection principles that relate to an overlay area, including the specified actions.
(2)
The Director-General retains complete discretion to determine the method and extent of the action to be taken.
(3)
The Director-General must notify the trustees in writing of any action that the Director-General intends to take.
49 Amendment to strategies or plans
(1)
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 an overlay area.
(2)
The Director-General must consult relevant Conservation Boards before initiating the amendment.
(3)
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.
50 Regulations
(1)
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:
(a)
to provide for the implementation of objectives included in a strategy or plan under section 49(1):
(b)
to regulate or prohibit activities or conduct by members of the public in relation to an overlay area:
(c)
to create offences for breaches of regulations made under paragraph (b):
(d)
to prescribe the following fines for an offence referred to in paragraph (c):
(i)
a fine not exceeding $5,000; and
(ii)
if the offence is a continuing one, an additional amount not exceeding $500 for every day on which the offence continues.
(2)
Regulations made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).
51 Bylaws
(1)
The Minister of Conservation may make bylaws for 1 or more of the following purposes:
(a)
to provide for the implementation of objectives included in a strategy or plan under section 49(1):
(b)
to regulate or prohibit activities or conduct by members of the public in relation to an overlay area:
(c)
to create offences for breaches of bylaws made under paragraph (b):
(d)
to prescribe the following fines for an offence referred to in paragraph (c):
(i)
a fine not exceeding $5,000; and
(ii)
if the offence is a continuing one, an additional amount not exceeding $500 for every day on which the offence continues.
(2)
Bylaws made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).
52 Effect of overlay classification on overlay areas
(1)
This section applies if, at any time, the overlay classification applies to any land in—
(a)
a national park under the National Parks Act 1980; or
(b)
a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987; or
(c)
a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977.
(2)
The overlay classification does not affect—
(a)
the status of the land as a national park, conservation area, or reserve; or
(b)
the classification or purpose of a reserve.
53 Termination of overlay classification
(1)
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Conservation, declare that all or part of an overlay area is no longer subject to the overlay classification.
(2)
The Minister of Conservation must not make a recommendation for the purposes of subsection (1) unless—
(a)
the trustees and the Minister of Conservation have agreed in writing that the overlay classification is no longer appropriate for the relevant area; or
(b)
the relevant area is to be, or has been, disposed of by the Crown; or
(c)
the responsibility for managing the relevant area is to be, or has been, transferred to a different Minister of the Crown or the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(3)
The Crown must take reasonable steps to ensure that the trustees continue to have input into the management of a relevant area if—
(a)
subsection (2)(c) applies; or
(b)
there is a change in the statutory management regime that applies to all or part of the overlay area.
(4)
The Minister of Conservation must ensure that an order made under this section is published in the Gazette.
54 Exercise of powers and performance of functions and duties
(1)
The overlay classification 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.
(2)
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 an overlay area than that person would give if the area were not subject to the overlay classification.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1).
(4)
This section is subject to the other provisions of this subpart.
55 Rights not affected
(1)
The overlay classification does not—
(a)
affect the lawful rights or interests of a person who is not a party to the deed of settlement; or
(b)
have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, an overlay area.
(2)
This section is subject to the other provisions of this subpart.
Subpart 4—Official geographic names
56 Interpretation
In this subpart,—
Act means the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008
Board has the meaning given in section 4 of the Act
Crown protected area has the meaning given in section 4 of the Act
official geographic name has the meaning given in section 4 of the Act.
57 Official geographic names
(1)
A name specified in the second column of the table in clause 5.47 of the deed of settlement is the official geographic name of the feature described in the third and fourth columns of that table.
(2)
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.
(3)
The existing name of each Crown protected area is changed to the new name as follows:
| Existing name | New name | |
|---|---|---|
| Canister Cove Scenic Reserve | Waikokopu (Canister Cove) Scenic Reserve | |
| JM Barker (Hapupu) Historic Reserve | JM Barker (Hāpūpū) Historic Reserve | |
| Ocean Mail Scenic Reserve | Manauea (Ocean Mail) Scenic Reserve | |
| Waipaua Scenic Reserve | Waipāua Scenic Reserve |
(4)
Each new name given to a Crown protected area is to be treated as if—
(a)
it were an official geographic name that takes effect on the settlement date; and
(b)
it had first been reviewed and concurred with by the Board under subpart 3 of Part 2 of the Act.
58 Publication of official geographic names
(1)
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 57.
(2)
The notice must state that each official geographic name became an official geographic name on the settlement date.
59 Subsequent alteration of official geographic names
(1)
In making a determination to alter the official geographic name of a feature named under section 57(1), the Board—
(a)
need not comply with section 16, 17, 18, 19(1), or 20 of the Act; but
(b)
must have the written consent of the trustees.
(2)
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.
(3)
The official geographic name of a Crown protected area named under section 57(3) 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.
Subpart 5—Customary fishing regulations
60 Customary fishing regulations
(1)
The Minister of Fisheries responsible Minister must recommend the making of regulations under section 186 of the Fisheries Act 1996 that—
(a)
provide for the trustees of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust and the trustees for Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri to manage customary fishing in the Rēkohu/Wharekauri fisheries area by appointing tchieki/kaitiaki to issue authorisations for customary fishing:
(b)
revoke regulation 5B of the Fisheries (South-East Area Commercial Fishing) Regulations 1986 and replace it by prohibiting commercial fishing in the following (the rahui rāhui areas):
(i)
the same areas of water in which commercial fishing was prohibited by that regulation; or
(ii)
any areas of water, whether or not they overlap with those same areas, that—
(A)
are in the Rēkohu/Wharekauri fisheries area; and
(B)
are places of importance for customary food gathering, as agreed by the trustees of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust, the trustees for Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri, and the chief executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries:; and
(C)
the responsible Minister has consulted about with any persons materially affected by the change in areas; and
(D)
the responsible Minister is satisfied are areas that, when closed to commercial fishing, do not prevent persons with a commercial interest in a species from taking their quota entitlement or annual catch entitlement within the quota management area for that species:
(c)
provide that the trustees of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust and the trustees for Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri may recommend to the Minister of Fisheries responsible Minister that bylaws be made that restrict or prohibit other fishing (customary or recreational) in 1 or more rahui rāhui areas:
(d)
require that any restriction or prohibition imposed by the bylaws applies generally to all persons:
(e)
require the Minister of Fisheries responsible Minister to make bylaws, by notice in the Gazette, that are recommended in accordance with regulations made under paragraphs (c) and (d), unless that Minister is satisfied considers that the proposed bylaws would have an undue adverse effect on fishing in the Rēkohu/Wharekauri fisheries area.:
(f)
provide for any other matter required by clause 5.43 of the deed of settlement.
(2)
However, the Minister of Fisheries responsible Minister must not recommend the making of the regulations unless—
(a)
the trustees of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust and the trustees for Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri notify the Minister of Fisheries that Minister that regulations are required for the management of customary food gathering in relation to the Rēkohu/Wharekauri fisheries area; and
(b)
the chief executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries and both those groups of trustees all agree on the text of the regulations.
(3)
Despite anything in the Fisheries Act 1996, the notice in the Gazette for bylaws made under the regulations 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.
(4)
In this section,—
Rēkohu/Wharekauri fisheries area means the area shown on deed plan OMCR-064-31
responsible Minister means the Minister responsible for the administration of the Fisheries Act 1996
trustees for Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri means the trustees of—
(a)
a governance entity established by Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri to receive redress in relation to the settlement of their historical Treaty claims (as defined in section 2 of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975); or
(b)
the Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust, established by a trust deed dated 28 September 2004, if the governance entity has not been established.
Subpart 6—Vesting of cultural redress properties
61 Interpretation
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
(a)
Glory housing property:
(b)
Owenga property:
(c)
Te Awanui:
(d)
Waipāua property:
Properties vested in fee simple to be administered as reserves
(e)
Rangiauria property:
(f)
Waipāua coastal property:
(g)
Glory block:
(h)
Waihere block
reserve property means each of the properties named in paragraphs (e) to (h) of the definition of cultural redress property.
Properties vested in fee simple
62 Glory housing property
(1)
The Glory housing property ceases to be a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987.
(2)
The fee simple estate in the Glory housing property vests in the trustees.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not take effect until the trustees have provided the Crown with a registrable restrictive covenant in gross on the terms and conditions set out in part 5.1 of the documents schedule.
63 Owenga property
The fee simple estate in the Owenga property vests in the trustees.
64 Te Awanui
The fee simple estate in Te Awanui vests in the trustees.
65 Waipāua property
(1)
The Waipāua property ceases to be a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987.
(2)
The fee simple estate in the Waipāua property vests in the trustees.
Properties vested in fee simple to be administered as reserves
66 Rangiauria property
(1)
The reservation of the Rangiauria property (being Rangiauria Scenic Reserve) as a scenic reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977 is revoked.
(2)
The fee simple estate in the Rangiauria property vests in the trustees.
(3)
The Rangiauria property is declared a reserve and classified as a scenic reserve for the purposes specified in section 19(1)(a) of the Reserves Act 1977.
(4)
The reserve is named Rangiauria Scenic Reserve.
67 Waipāua coastal property
(1)
The Waipāua coastal property ceases to be a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987.
(2)
The fee simple estate in the Waipāua coastal property vests in the trustees.
(3)
The Waipāua coastal property is declared a reserve and classified as a scenic reserve for the purposes specified in section 19(1)(a) of the Reserves Act 1977.
(4)
The reserve is named Waipāua Coastal Scenic Reserve.
(5)
Subsections (1) to (4) do not take effect until the trustees have provided the Crown with a registrable easement in gross for a right of way on the terms and conditions set out in part 5.4 of the documents schedule.
(6)
Despite the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977, the easement—
(a)
is enforceable in accordance with its terms; and
(b)
is to be treated as having been granted in accordance with the Reserves Act 1977.
68 Glory block
(1)
The part of the Glory block that is a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987 ceases to be a conservation area.
(2)
The reservation of the part of the Glory block that is a scenic reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977 (being part of Canister Cove Scenic Reserve) is revoked.
(3)
The fee simple estate in the Glory block vests in the trustees.
(4)
The Glory block is declared a reserve and classified as a local purpose (ecological restoration and community purposes) reserve subject to section 23 of the Reserves Act 1977 for the purpose of protecting, managing, and restoring ecological values of the land while also contributing to the social, educational, cultural, and economic development of Rangihaute/Pitt Island (being Pitt Island (Rangiauria)).
(5)
The reserve is named Glory Local Purpose Reserve.
(6)
Subsections (1) to (5) do not take effect until—
(a)
the trustees have provided the Crown with—
(i)
a registrable easement in gross for a right of way on the terms and conditions set out in part 5.3 of the documents schedule; and
(ii)
a registrable lease on the terms and conditions set out in part 5.2 of the documents schedule; and
(b)
the trustees have provided a registrable easement for a right of way in favour of the Glory housing property on the terms and conditions set out in part 5.5 of the documents schedule; and
(c)
the trustees have established the Rangihaute Land Trust by a deed of trust in the form set out in part 6 of the documents schedule; and
(d)
the trustees have entered into a deed relating to the Waihere block and the Glory block in the form set out in part 7 of the documents schedule; and
(e)
the trustees have assigned the right to receive the income under existing occupation rights, and given notice of the assignment, in accordance with the deed relating to the Waihere block and the Glory block.
(7)
Despite the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977, the easement and the lease—
(a)
are enforceable in accordance with their terms; and
(b)
are to be treated as having been granted in accordance with the Reserves Act 1977.
(8)
The lease is not a subdivision of land for the purposes of section 218(1)(a)(iii) of the Resource Management Act 1991.
69 Waihere block
(1)
The Waihere block ceases to be a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987.
(2)
The fee simple estate in the Waihere block vests in the trustees.
(3)
The Waihere block is declared a reserve and classified as a local purpose (ecological restoration and community purposes) reserve subject to section 23 of the Reserves Act 1977 for the purpose of protecting, managing, and restoring ecological values of the land while also contributing to the social, educational, cultural, and economic development of Rangihaute/Pitt Island (being Pitt Island (Rangiauria)).
(4)
The reserve is named Waihere Local Purpose Reserve.
(5)
Subsections (1) to (4) do not take effect until—
(a)
the trustees have established the Rangihaute Land Trust by a deed of trust in the form set out in part 6 of the documents schedule; and
(b)
the trustees have entered into a deed relating to the Waihere block and the Glory block in the form set out in part 7 of the documents schedule; and
(c)
the trustees have assigned the right to receive the income under existing occupation rights, and given notice of the assignment, in accordance with the deed relating to the Waihere block and the Glory block.
70 Agreement or lease to graze on Glory block or Waihere block
(1)
The administering body of the Glory block or the Waihere block must comply with the deed for the blocks in granting any interest in relation to the blocks, despite sections 61(2) and (2A) and 74 of the Reserves Act 1977.
(2)
If the administering body of the Glory block or the Waihere block receives funds under any of the following, it may apply the funds only for the purposes for which the Rangihaute Land Trust was established:
(a)
an interest granted in relation to any part of the Glory block, except the lease referred to in section 68(6)(a)(ii) or any other interest over the same land:
(b)
an interest granted in relation to the Waihere block.
(3)
Section 72(3), but not section 72(1), of the Reserves Act 1977 applies to any agreement, licence, or lease to graze on the Glory block or the Waihere block that is granted while the Rangihaute Land Trust exists.
(4)
In this section,—
deed for the blocks means the deed relating to the Waihere block and the Glory block entered into in the form set out in part 7 of the documents schedule
Rangihaute Land Trust means the trust established by a deed of trust in the form set out in part 6 of the documents schedule.
General provisions applying to vesting of cultural redress properties
71 Properties vest subject to or together with interests
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.
72 Interests that are not interests in land
(1)
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 the third column of the table in Schedule 3, and for which there is a grantor, whether or not the interest also applies to land outside the cultural redress property.
(2)
The interest applies as if the owners of the cultural redress property were the grantor of the interest in respect of the property.
(3)
The interest applies—
(a)
until the interest expires or is terminated, but any subsequent transfer of the cultural redress property must be ignored in determining whether the interest expires or is or may be terminated; and
(b)
with any other necessary modifications; and
(c)
despite any change in status of the land in the property.
73 Registration of ownership
(1)
This section applies to a cultural redress property vested in the trustees under this subpart.
(2)
Subsection (3) applies to a cultural redress property (other than the Owenga property), but only to the extent that the property is all of the land contained in a record of title for a fee simple estate.
(3)
The Registrar-General must, on written application by an authorised person,—
(a)
register the trustees as the owners of the fee simple estate in the property; and
(b)
record any entry on the record of title and do anything else necessary to give effect to this subpart and to part 5 of the deed of settlement.
(4)
Subsection (5) applies to—
(a)
a cultural redress property, but only to the extent that subsection (2) does not apply to the property:
(b)
the Owenga property.
(5)
The Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—
(a)
create a record of title for the fee simple estate in the property in the names of the trustees; and
(b)
record on the record of title any interests that are registered, noted, or to be noted and that are described in the application.
(6)
Subsection (5) is subject to the completion of any survey necessary to create a record of title.
(7)
A record of title must be created under this section as soon as is reasonably practicable after the settlement date, but not later than—
(a)
24 months after the settlement date; or
(b)
any later date that is agreed in writing by the Crown and the trustees.
(8)
In this section, authorised person means a person authorised by—
(a)
the chief executive of LINZ, for the following properties:
(i)
the Owenga property:
(ii)
Te Awanui:
(b)
the Director-General, for all other properties.
74 Application of Part 4A of Conservation Act 1987
(1)
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.
(2)
Section 24 of the Conservation Act 1987 does not apply to the vesting of a reserve property.
(3)
The marginal strip reserved by section 24 of the Conservation Act 1987 from the vesting of the Owenga property is increased to a width of 25 metres.
(4)
The trustees are appointed as the manager of the marginal strip reserved from the vesting of the Owenga property as if the appointment were made under section 24H of the Conservation Act 1987.
(5)
If the reservation of a reserve property under this subpart is revoked for all or part of the property, the vesting of the property is no longer exempt from section 24 (except subsection (2A)) of the Conservation Act 1987 for all or that part of the property.
(6)
Subsections (2), (3), and (5) do not limit subsection (1).
75 Matters to be recorded on record of title
(1)
The Registrar-General must record on the record of title—
(a)
for a reserve property—
(i)
that the land is subject to Part 4A of the Conservation Act 1987, but that section 24 of that Act does not apply; and
(ii)
that the land is subject to sections 74(5) and 79; and
(b)
for the Owenga property that the land is subject to Part 4A of the Conservation Act 1987, but that the marginal strip is increased to a width of 25 metres; and
(c)
for any other cultural redress property that the land is subject to Part 4A of the Conservation Act 1987.
(2)
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.
(3)
For a reserve property, if the reservation of the property under this subpart is revoked for—
(a)
all of the property, the Director-General must apply in writing to the Registrar-General to remove from the record of title for the property the notations that—
(i)
section 24 of the Conservation Act 1987 does not apply to the property; and
(ii)
the property is subject to sections 74(5) and 79; or
(b)
part of the property, the Registrar-General must ensure that the notations referred to in paragraph (a) remain only on the record of title for the part of the property that remains a reserve.
(4)
The Registrar-General must comply with an application received in accordance with subsection (3)(a).
76 Application of other enactments
(1)
The vesting of the fee simple estate in a cultural redress property under this subpart does not—
(a)
limit section 10 or 11 of the Crown Minerals Act 1991; or
(b)
affect other rights to subsurface minerals.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
Section 11 and Part 10 of the Resource Management Act 1991 do not apply to—
(a)
the vesting of the fee simple estate in a cultural redress property under this subpart; or
(b)
any matter incidental to, or required for the purpose of, the vesting.
77 Names of Crown protected areas discontinued
(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
Further provisions applying to reserve properties
78 Application of other enactments to reserve properties
(1)
The trustees are the administering body of a reserve property.
(2)
Sections 78(1)(a), 79 to 81, and 88 of the Reserves Act 1977 do not apply in relation to a reserve property.
(3)
If the reservation of a reserve property under this subpart is revoked under section 24 of the Reserves Act 1977 for all or part of the property, section 25(2) of that Act applies to the revocation, but not the rest of section 25 of that Act.
(4)
A reserve property is not a Crown protected area under the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, despite anything in that Act.
(5)
A reserve property must not have a name assigned to it or have its name changed under section 16(10) of the Reserves Act 1977 without the written consent of the owners of the property, and section 16(10A) of that Act does not apply to the proposed name.
79 Subsequent transfer of reserve land
(1)
This section applies to all or the part of a reserve property that remains a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977 after the property has vested in the trustees under this subpart.
(2)
The fee simple estate in the reserve land may be transferred only in accordance with section 80 or 81.
(3)
In this section and sections 80 to 82, reserve land means the land that remains a reserve as described in subsection (1).
80 Transfer of reserve land to new administering body
(1)
The registered owners of the reserve land may apply in writing to the Minister of Conservation for consent to transfer the fee simple estate in the reserve land to 1 or more persons (the new owners).
(2)
The Minister of Conservation must give written consent to the transfer if the registered owners satisfy the Minister that the new owners are able—
(a)
to comply with the requirements of the Reserves Act 1977; and
(b)
to perform the duties of an administering body under that Act.
(3)
The Registrar-General must, upon receiving the required documents, register the new owners as the owners of the fee simple estate in the reserve land.
(4)
The required documents are—
(a)
a transfer instrument to transfer the fee simple estate in the reserve land to the new owners, including a notification that the new owners are to hold the reserve land for the same reserve purposes as those for which it was held by the administering body immediately before the transfer; and
(b)
the written consent of the Minister of Conservation to the transfer of the reserve land; and
(c)
any other document required for the registration of the transfer instrument.
(5)
The new owners, from the time of their registration under this section,—
(a)
are the administering body of the reserve land; and
(b)
hold the reserve land for the same reserve purposes as those for which it was held by the administering body immediately before the transfer.
(6)
A transfer that complies with this section need not comply with any other requirements.
81 Transfer of reserve land if trustees change
The registered owners of the reserve land may transfer the fee simple estate in the reserve land if—
(a)
the transferors of the reserve land are or were the trustees of a trust; and
(b)
the transferees are the trustees of the same trust, after any new trustee has been appointed to the trust or any transferor has ceased to be a trustee of the trust; and
(c)
the instrument to transfer the reserve land is accompanied by a certificate given by the transferees, or the transferees’ lawyer, verifying that paragraphs (a) and (b) apply.
82 Reserve land not to be mortgaged
The owners of reserve land must not mortgage, or give a security interest in, the reserve land.
83 Saving of bylaws, etc, in relation to reserve properties
(1)
This section applies to any bylaw, or any prohibition or restriction on use or access, that an administering body or the Minister of Conservation made or imposed under the Conservation Act 1987 or the Reserves Act 1977 in relation to a reserve property before the property was vested in the trustees under this subpart.
(2)
The bylaw, prohibition, or restriction remains in force until it expires or is revoked under the Conservation Act 1987 or the Reserves Act 1977.
Part 3 Commercial redress
Subpart 1—Transfer of deferred selection properties
84 Interpretation
In this subpart,—
deferred selection property means a property described in part 3 of the property redress schedule for which the requirements for transfer under the deed of settlement have been satisfied
land holding agency means the land holding agency specified for a deferred selection property in part 3 of the property redress schedule.
85 The Crown may transfer properties
(1)
To give effect to part 6 of the deed of settlement, the Crown (acting by and through the chief executive of the land holding agency) is authorised—
(a)
to transfer the fee simple estate in a deferred selection property to the trustees; and
(b)
to sign a transfer instrument or other document, or do anything else, as necessary to effect the transfer.
(2)
Subsection (3) applies to a deferred selection property that is subject to a resumptive memorial recorded under any enactment listed in section 17(2).
(3)
As soon as is reasonably practicable after the date on which a deferred selection property is transferred to the trustees, the chief executive of the land holding agency must give written notice of that date to the chief executive of LINZ for the purposes of section 18 (which relates to the cancellation of resumptive memorials).
86 Records of title for deferred selection properties
(1)
This section applies to each deferred selection property that is to be transferred to the trustees under section 85.
(2)
However, this section applies only to the extent that—
(a)
the property is not all of the land contained in a record of title for a fee simple estate; or
(b)
there is no record of title for the fee simple estate in all or part of the property.
(3)
The Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—
(a)
create a record of title for the fee simple estate in the property in the name of the Crown; and
(b)
record on the record of title any interests that are registered, noted, or to be noted and that are described in the application; but
(c)
omit any statement of purpose from the record of title.
(4)
Subsection (3) is subject to the completion of any survey necessary to create a record of title.
(5)
In this section and section 87, authorised person means a person authorised by the chief executive of the land holding agency for the relevant property.
87 Authorised person may grant covenant for later creation of record of title
(1)
For the purposes of section 86, the authorised person may grant a covenant for the later creation of a record of title for a fee simple estate in any deferred selection property.
(2)
Despite the Land Transfer Act 2017,—
(a)
the authorised person may request the Registrar-General to register the covenant under that Act by creating a record of title that records an interest; and
(b)
the Registrar-General must comply with the request.
88 Application of other enactments
(1)
This section applies to the transfer to the trustees of the fee simple estate in a deferred selection property.
(2)
The transfer 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.
(3)
The transfer does not—
(a)
limit section 10 or 11 of the Crown Minerals Act 1991; or
(b)
affect other rights to subsurface minerals.
(4)
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 the transfer.
(5)
Section 11 and Part 10 of the Resource Management Act 1991 do not apply to the transfer or to any matter incidental to, or required for the purpose of, the transfer.
(6)
In exercising the powers conferred by section 85, the Crown is not required to comply with any other enactment that would otherwise regulate or apply to the transfer.
(7)
Subsection (6) is subject to subsections (2) and (3).
Subpart 2—Right of first refusal over shared RFR land
Interpretation
89 Interpretation
In this subpart and Schedule 4,—
approving legislation for Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri means legislation that approves the rights to shared RFR land under this subpart as redress for Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri
Canterbury District Health Board means the Canterbury District Health Board established by section 19(1) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
control, for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of Crown body, means,—
(a)
for a company, control of the composition of its board of directors; and
(b)
for another body, control of the composition of the group that would be its board of directors if the body were a company
Crown body means—
(a)
a Crown entity, as defined in section 7(1) of the Crown Entities Act 2004; and
(b)
a State enterprise, as defined in section 2 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986; and
(c)
the New Zealand Railways Corporation; and
(d)
a company or body that is wholly owned or controlled by 1 or more of the following:
(i)
the Crown:
(ii)
a Crown entity:
(iii)
a State enterprise:
(iv)
the New Zealand Railways Corporation; and
(e)
a subsidiary or related company of a company or body referred to in paragraph (d)
dispose of, in relation to shared RFR land,—
(a)
means—
(i)
to transfer or vest the fee simple estate in the land; or
(ii)
to grant a lease of the land for a term that is, or will be (if any rights of renewal or extension are exercised under the lease), 50 years or longer; but
(b)
to avoid doubt, does not include—
(i)
to mortgage, or give a security interest in, the land; or
(ii)
to grant an easement over the land; or
(iii)
to consent to an assignment of a lease, or to a sublease, of the land; or
(iv)
to remove an improvement, a fixture, or a fitting from the land
expiry date, in relation to an offer, means its expiry date under sections 94(2)(a) and 95
notice means a notice given under this subpart
offer means an offer by an RFR landowner, made in accordance with section 94, to dispose of shared RFR land to the trustees of an offer trust
offer trust means each of the following:
(a)
the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust:
(b)
a governance entity established by Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri, if it may participate under section 92
public work has the meaning given in section 2 of the Public Works Act 1981
recipient trust means the 1 offer trust whose trustees accept an offer to dispose of shared RFR land under section 97
related company has the meaning given in section 2(3) of the Companies Act 1993
RFR area means the area shown on SO 536545
RFR date means the first day of the RFR period
RFR landowner, in relation to shared RFR land,—
(a)
means the Crown, if the land is vested in the Crown or the Crown holds the fee simple estate in the land; and
(b)
means a Crown body, if the body holds the fee simple estate in the land; and
(c)
includes a local authority to which shared RFR land has been disposed of under section 100(1); but
(d)
to avoid doubt, does not include an administering body in which shared RFR land is vested under section 101(1)
RFR period means the period of 179 years that starts on the earlier of—
(a)
the date that is 36 months after the settlement date under this Act; and
(b)
the settlement date under approving legislation for Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri
subsidiary has the meaning given in section 5 of the Companies Act 1993.
90 Meaning of shared RFR land
(1)
In this subpart, shared RFR land means—
(a)
the land described in part 4 of the attachments that, on the RFR date, is held in fee simple by the Canterbury District Health Board; and
(b)
the land that is within the RFR area that, on the RFR date,—
(i)
is vested in the Crown; or
(ii)
is held in fee simple by the Crown; and
(c)
any land obtained in exchange for a disposal of shared RFR land under section 105(1)(c) or 106.
(2)
Land ceases to be shared RFR land if—
(a)
the fee simple estate in the land transfers from the RFR landowner to—
(i)
the trustees of a recipient trust or their nominee (for example, under section 85 in the case of a deferred selection property or under a contract formed under section 98); or
(ii)
any other person (including the Crown or a Crown body) under section 93(d); or
(b)
the fee simple estate in the land transfers or vests from the RFR landowner to or in a person other than the Crown or a Crown body—
(i)
under any of sections 102 to 109 (which relate to permitted disposals of shared RFR land); or
(ii)
under any matter referred to in section 110(1) (which specifies matters that may override the obligations of an RFR landowner under this subpart); or
(c)
the fee simple estate in the land transfers or vests from the RFR landowner in accordance with a waiver or variation given under section 120; or
(d)
a notice is given under section 91; or
(e)
the RFR period ends.
91 Shared RFR land required for another Treaty of Waitangi settlement
(1)
This section applies to shared RFR land that—
(a)
is required for the settlement of historical Treaty claims of Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri; or
(b)
is required as a property to be shared by Moriori and Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri under an enactment that provides for their shared redress in relation to the settlement of their historical Treaty claims.
(2)
The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations must give notice to the RFR landowner, and to the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts, that the land ceases to be shared RFR land.
(3)
The notice may be given at any time before a contract is formed under section 98 for the disposal of the land.
(4)
In this section, historical Treaty claim has the meaning given in section 2 of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.
92 Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri participation under this subpart
A governance entity established by Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri may participate as an offer trust, but only on and from the settlement date under approving legislation for Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri.
Restrictions on disposal of shared RFR land
93 Restrictions on disposal of shared RFR land
An RFR landowner must not dispose of shared RFR land to a person other than the trustees of a recipient trust or their nominee unless the land is disposed of—
(a)
under any of sections 99 to 109; or
(b)
under any matter referred to in section 110(1); or
(c)
in accordance with a waiver or variation given under section 120; or
(d)
within 2 years after the expiry date of an offer by the RFR landowner to dispose of the land to the trustees of an offer trust if the offer to those trustees was—
(i)
made in accordance with section 94; and
(ii)
made on terms that were the same as, or more favourable to those trustees than, the terms of the disposal to the person; and
(iii)
not withdrawn under section 96; and
(iv)
not accepted under section 97.
Trustees’ right of first refusal
94 Requirements for offer
(1)
An offer by an RFR landowner to dispose of shared RFR land to the trustees of an offer trust must be by notice to the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts.
(2)
The notice must include—
(a)
the terms of the offer, including its expiry date; and
(b)
the legal description of the land, including any interests affecting it, and the reference for any record of title for the land; and
(c)
a street address for the land (if applicable); and
(d)
a street address, postal address, and fax number or electronic address for the trustees of an offer trust to give notices to the RFR landowner in relation to the offer.
95 Expiry date of offer
(1)
The expiry date of an offer must be on or after the date that is 40 working days after the date on which the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts receive notice of the offer.
(2)
However, the expiry date of an offer may be on or after the date that is 20 working days after the date on which those trustees receive notice of the offer if—
(a)
those trustees received an earlier offer to dispose of the land; and
(b)
the expiry date of the earlier offer was not more than 6 months before the expiry date of the later offer; and
(c)
the earlier offer was not withdrawn.
(3)
If the RFR landowner has received notice of acceptance from the trustees of 2 offer trusts at the end of the expiry date specified in the notice of offer given under section 94, the expiry date is extended to the 20th working day after the day on which those trustees receive the RFR landowner’s notice given under section 97(4).
96 Withdrawal of offer
The RFR landowner may, by notice to the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts, withdraw an offer at any time before it is accepted.
97 Acceptance of offer
(1)
The trustees of an offer trust may, by notice to the RFR landowner who made an offer, accept the offer if—
(a)
it has not been withdrawn; and
(b)
its expiry date has not passed.
(2)
Those trustees must accept all the shared RFR land offered, unless the offer permits them to accept less.
(3)
The offer is accepted only if the RFR landowner has received notice of acceptance from the trustees of only 1 offer trust at the end of the expiry date.
(4)
If the RFR landowner has received notice of acceptance from the trustees of 2 offer trusts at the end of the expiry date specified in the notice of offer given under section 94, the RFR landowner has 10 working days to give notice to the trustees of the 2 offer trusts.
(5)
The RFR landowner’s notice must state that—
(a)
notice of acceptance has been received from the trustees of both offer trusts; and
(b)
the offer may be accepted by the trustees of only 1 of the offer trusts before the end of the 20th working day after the day on which they receive the RFR landowner’s notice.
98 Formation of contract
(1)
If the trustees of an offer trust accept an offer by an RFR landowner to dispose of shared RFR land, a contract for the disposal of the land is formed between the RFR landowner and those trustees on the terms in the offer.
(2)
The terms of the contract may be varied by written agreement between the RFR landowner and those trustees.
(3)
Under the contract, those trustees may nominate any person (the nominee) to receive the transfer of the shared RFR land.
(4)
Those trustees may nominate a nominee only if—
(a)
the nominee is lawfully able to hold the shared RFR land; and
(b)
notice is given to the RFR landowner on or before the day that is 10 working days before the day on which the transfer is to settle.
(5)
The notice must specify—
(a)
the full name of the nominee; and
(b)
any other details about the nominee that the RFR landowner needs in order to transfer the shared RFR land to the nominee.
(6)
If those trustees nominate a nominee, they remain liable for the obligations of the transferee under the contract.
Disposals to others where land remains shared RFR land
99 Disposal to the Crown or Crown bodies
(1)
An RFR landowner may dispose of shared RFR land to—
(a)
the Crown; or
(b)
a Crown body.
(2)
To avoid doubt, the Crown may dispose of shared RFR land to a Crown body in accordance with section 143(5) or 206 of the Education Act 1989 section 563 of the Education and Training Act 2020.
100 Disposal of existing public works to local authorities
(1)
An RFR landowner may dispose of shared RFR land that is a public work or part of a public work, in accordance with section 50 of the Public Works Act 1981, to a local authority, as defined in section 2 of that Act.
(2)
To avoid doubt, if shared RFR land is disposed of to a local authority under subsection (1), the local authority becomes—
(a)
the RFR landowner of the land; and
(b)
subject to the obligations of an RFR landowner under this subpart.
101 Disposal of reserves to administering bodies
(1)
An RFR landowner may dispose of shared RFR land in accordance with section 26 or 26A of the Reserves Act 1977.
(2)
To avoid doubt, if shared RFR land that is a reserve is vested in an administering body under subsection (1), the administering body does not become—
(a)
the RFR landowner of the land; or
(b)
subject to the obligations of an RFR landowner under this subpart.
(3)
However, if shared RFR land vests back in the Crown under section 25 or 27 of the Reserves Act 1977, the Crown becomes—
(a)
the RFR landowner of the land; and
(b)
subject to the obligations of an RFR landowner under this subpart.
Disposals to others where land may cease to be shared RFR land
102 Disposal in accordance with obligations under enactment or rule of law
An RFR landowner may dispose of shared RFR land in accordance with an obligation under any enactment or rule of law.
103 Disposal in accordance with legal or equitable obligations
An RFR landowner may dispose of shared RFR land in accordance with—
(a)
a legal or an equitable obligation that—
(i)
was unconditional before the RFR date; or
(ii)
was conditional before the RFR date but became unconditional on or after the RFR date; or
(iii)
arose after the exercise (whether before, on, or after the RFR date) of an option existing before the RFR date; or
(b)
the requirements, existing before the RFR date, of a gift, an endowment, or a trust relating to the land.
104 Disposal under certain legislation
An RFR landowner may dispose of shared RFR land in accordance with—
(a)
section 54(1)(d) of the Land Act 1948; or
(b)
section 34, 43, or 44 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011; or
(c)
section 355(3) of the Resource Management Act 1991; or
(d)
an Act that—
(i)
excludes the land from a national park within the meaning of the National Parks Act 1980; and
(ii)
authorises that land to be disposed of in consideration or part consideration for other land to be held or administered under the Conservation Act 1987, the National Parks Act 1980, or the Reserves Act 1977.
105 Disposal of land held for public works
(1)
An RFR landowner may dispose of shared RFR land in accordance with—
(a)
section 40(2) or (4) or 41 of the Public Works Act 1981 (including as applied by another enactment); or
(b)
section 52, 105(1), 106, 114(3), 117(7), or 119 of the Public Works Act 1981; or
(c)
section 117(3)(a) of the Public Works Act 1981; or
(d)
section 117(3)(b) of the Public Works Act 1981 if the land is disposed of to the owner of adjoining land; or
(e)
section 23(1) or (4), 24(4), or 26 of the New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990.
(2)
To avoid doubt, shared RFR land may be disposed of by an order of the Māori Land Court under section 134 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, after an application by an RFR landowner under section 41(e) section 41(1)(e) of the Public Works Act 1981.
106 Disposal for reserve or conservation purposes
An RFR landowner may dispose of shared RFR land in accordance with—
(a)
section 15 of the Reserves Act 1977; or
(b)
section 16A or 24E of the Conservation Act 1987.
107 Disposal for charitable purposes
An RFR landowner may dispose of shared RFR land as a gift for charitable purposes.
108 Disposal to tenants
The Crown may dispose of shared RFR land,—
(a)
if the land was held on the RFR date for education purposes, to a person who, immediately before the disposal, is a tenant of the land or all or part of a building on the land; or
(b)
under section 67 of the Land Act 1948, if the disposal of the land is to a lessee under a lease of the land granted—
(i)
before the RFR date; or
(ii)
on or after the RFR date under a right of renewal in a lease granted before the RFR date; or
(c)
under section 93(4) of the Land Act 1948.
109 Disposal by Canterbury District Health Board
The Canterbury District Health Board, or any of its subsidiaries, may dispose of shared RFR land to any person if the Minister of Health has given notice to the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts that, in the Minister’s opinion, the disposal will achieve, or assist in achieving, the district health board’s objectives.
RFR landowner obligations
110 RFR landowner’s obligations subject to other matters
(1)
An RFR landowner’s obligations under this subpart in relation to shared RFR land are subject to—
(a)
any other enactment or rule of law except that, in the case of a Crown body, the obligations apply despite the purpose, functions, or objectives of the Crown body; and
(b)
any interest or legal or equitable obligation—
(i)
that prevents or limits an RFR landowner’s disposal of shared RFR land to the trustees of an offer trust; and
(ii)
that the RFR landowner cannot satisfy by taking reasonable steps; and
(c)
the terms of a mortgage over, or security interest in, shared RFR land.
(2)
Reasonable steps, for the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(ii), does not include steps to promote the passing of an enactment.
Notices about shared RFR land
111 Notice to LINZ of shared RFR land with record of title after RFR date
(1)
If a record of title is first created for shared RFR land after the RFR date, the RFR landowner must give the chief executive of LINZ notice that the register record of title has been created.
(2)
If land for which there is a record of title becomes shared RFR land after the RFR date, the RFR landowner must give the chief executive of LINZ notice that the land has become shared RFR land.
(3)
The notice must be given as soon as is reasonably practicable after a record of title is first created for the shared RFR land or after the land becomes shared RFR land.
(4)
The notice must include the legal description of the land and the reference for the record of title.
112 Notice to trustees of offer trusts if disposal of shared RFR land being considered
(1)
This section applies if an RFR landowner is considering whether to dispose of shared RFR land in a way that may require an offer under this subpart.
(2)
The RFR landowner must give notice to the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts that, if the landowner decides to dispose of the land, the landowner may be required to offer the land to the trustees of an offer trust under this subpart.
(3)
The notice must be given immediately before the RFR landowner starts the processes under any of the following provisions, as relevant:
(a)
section 52 of the Land Act 1948:
(b)
section 23 or 24 of the New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990:
(c)
section 40 of the Public Works Act 1981 (if the tests in section 40(1) of that Act are met):
(d)
any other enactment that regulates or applies to the disposal of the land.
(4)
The notice must include—
(a)
the legal description of the land; and
(b)
the reference for any record of title for the land; and
(c)
the street address for the land (if applicable); and
(d)
if the land does not have a street address, a description or diagram with enough information to enable a person who is not familiar with the land to locate it.
(5)
To avoid doubt, a notice given under this section does not, of itself, mean that an obligation has arisen under—
(a)
section 207(4) of the Education Act 1989 section 564(3) of the Education and Training Act 2020 (concerning the application of sections 40 to 42 of the Public Works Act 1981 to transfers of land under the Education Act 1989 Education and Training Act 2020); or
(b)
sections 23(1) and 24(4) of the New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990 (concerning the disposal of land of the Corporation); or
(c)
section 40 of the Public Works Act 1981 (concerning the requirement to offer back surplus land to a previous owner), or that section as applied by another enactment.
(6)
In this section, dispose of means to transfer the fee simple estate in the land.
113 Notice to trustees of offer trusts of disposal of shared RFR land to others
(1)
An RFR landowner must give the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts notice of the disposal of shared RFR land by the landowner to a person other than the trustees of an offer trust or their nominee.
(2)
The notice must be given on or before the date that is 20 working days before the day of the disposal.
(3)
The notice must include—
(a)
the legal description of the land, including any interests affecting it; and
(b)
the reference for any record of title for the land; and
(c)
the street address for the land (if applicable); and
(d)
the name of the person to whom the land is being disposed of; and
(e)
an explanation of how the disposal complies with section 93; and
(f)
if the disposal is to be made under section 93(d), a copy of any written contract for the disposal.
114 Notice to LINZ of land ceasing to be shared RFR land
(1)
Subsections (2) and (3) apply if land contained in a record of title is to cease being shared RFR land because—
(a)
the fee simple estate in the land is to transfer from the RFR landowner to—
(i)
the trustees of a recipient trust or their nominee (for example, under section 85 in the case of a deferred selection property or under a contract formed under section 98); or
(ii)
any other person (including the Crown or a Crown body) under section 93(d); or
(b)
the fee simple estate in the land is to transfer or vest from the RFR landowner to or in a person other than the Crown or a Crown body—
(i)
under any of sections 102 to 109; or
(ii)
under any matter referred to in section 110(1); or
(c)
the fee simple estate in the land is to transfer or vest from the RFR landowner in accordance with a waiver or variation given under section 120.
(2)
The RFR landowner must, as early as practicable before the transfer or vesting, give the chief executive of LINZ notice that the land is to cease being shared RFR land.
(3)
The notice must include—
(a)
the legal description of the land; and
(b)
the reference for the record of title for the land; and
(c)
the details of the transfer or vesting of the land.
(4)
Subsections (5) and (6) apply if land contained in a record of title ceases to be shared RFR land because a notice is given under section 91 in relation to the land.
(5)
The RFR landowner must, as soon as practicable after receiving the notice under section 91, give the chief executive of LINZ notice that the land has ceased to be shared RFR land.
(6)
The notice must include—
(a)
the legal description of the land; and
(b)
the reference for the record of title for the land; and
(c)
a copy of the notice given under section 91.
115 Notice requirements
Schedule 4 applies to notices given under this subpart by or to—
(a)
an RFR landowner; or
(b)
the trustees of an offer trust or a recipient trust.
Right of first refusal recorded on records of title
116 Right of first refusal to be recorded on records of title for shared RFR land
(1)
The chief executive of LINZ must issue to the Registrar-General 1 or more certificates that specify the legal descriptions of, and identify the records of title for,—
(a)
the shared RFR land for which there is a record of title on the RFR date; and
(b)
the shared RFR land for which a record of title is first created after the RFR date; and
(c)
land for which there is a record of title that becomes shared RFR land after the RFR date.
(2)
The chief executive must issue a certificate as soon as is reasonably practicable—
(a)
after the RFR date, for shared RFR land for which there is a record of title on the RFR date; or
(b)
after receiving a notice under section 111 that a record of title has been created for the shared RFR land or that the land has become shared RFR land, for any other land.
(3)
Each certificate must state that it is issued under this section.
(4)
The chief executive must provide a copy of each certificate to the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts as soon as is reasonably practicable after issuing the certificate.
(5)
The Registrar-General must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a certificate issued under this section, record on each record of title for the shared RFR land identified in the certificate that the land is—
(a)
shared RFR land, as defined in section 90; and
(b)
subject to this subpart (which restricts disposal, including leasing, of the land).
117 Removal of notations when land to be transferred or vested
(1)
The chief executive of LINZ must, before registration of the transfer or vesting of land described in a notice received under section 114(2), issue to the Registrar-General a certificate that includes—
(a)
the legal description of the land; and
(b)
the reference for the record of title for the land; and
(c)
the details of the transfer or vesting of the land; and
(d)
a statement that the certificate is issued under this section.
(2)
The chief executive must provide a copy of each certificate to the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts as soon as is reasonably practicable after issuing the certificate.
(3)
If the Registrar-General receives a certificate issued under this section, the Registrar-General must, immediately before registering the transfer or vesting described in the certificate, remove from the record of title identified in the certificate any notation recorded under section 116 for the land described in the certificate.
118 Removal of notations if notice given under section 91
(1)
The chief executive of LINZ must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a notice under section 114(5), issue to the Registrar-General a certificate that includes—
(a)
the legal description of the land; and
(b)
the reference for the record of title for the land; and
(c)
a copy of the notice given under section 91; and
(d)
a statement that the certificate is issued under this section.
(2)
The Registrar-General must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a certificate issued under this section, remove from the record of title identified in the certificate any notation recorded under section 116 for the land described in the certificate.
119 Removal of notations when RFR period ends
(1)
The chief executive of LINZ must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the RFR period ends, issue to the Registrar-General a certificate that includes—
(a)
the reference for each record of title for shared RFR land that still has a notation recorded under section 116; and
(b)
a statement that the certificate is issued under this section.
(2)
The chief executive must provide a copy of each certificate to the trustees of the 1 or more offer trusts as soon as is reasonably practicable after issuing the certificate.
(3)
The Registrar-General must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a certificate issued under this section, remove any notation recorded under section 116 from any record of title identified in the certificate.
General provisions applying to right of first refusal
120 Waiver and variation
(1)
The trustees of an offer trust may, by notice to an RFR landowner, waive any or all of the rights those trustees have in relation to the landowner under this subpart.
(2)
The trustees of an offer trust and an RFR landowner may agree in writing to vary or waive any of the rights each has in relation to the other under this subpart.
(3)
A waiver or an agreement under this section is on the terms, and applies for the period, specified in it.
121 Disposal of Crown bodies not affected
This subpart does not limit the ability of the Crown, or a Crown body, to sell or dispose of a Crown body.
122 Assignment of rights and obligations under this subpart
(1)
Subsection (3) applies if the RFR holder—
(a)
assigns the RFR holder’s rights and obligations under this subpart to 1 or more persons in accordance with the RFR holder’s constitutional document; and
(b)
has given the notices required by subsection (2).
(2)
The RFR holder must give notices to each RFR landowner that—
(a)
state that the RFR holder’s rights and obligations under this subpart are being assigned under this section; and
(b)
specify the date of the assignment; and
(c)
specify the names of the assignees and, if they are the trustees of a trust, the name of the trust; and
(d)
specify the street address, postal address, and fax number or electronic address for notices to the assignees.
(3)
This subpart and Schedule 4 apply to the assignees (instead of to the RFR holder) as if the assignees were the trustees of the relevant offer trust, with any necessary modifications.
(4)
In this section,—
constitutional document means the trust deed or other instrument adopted for the governance of the RFR holder
RFR holder means the 1 or more persons who have the rights and obligations of the trustees of an offer trust under this subpart, because—
(a)
they are the trustees of the offer trust; or
(b)
they have previously been assigned those rights and obligations under this section.
Schedule 1 Statutory areas
ss 28, 37
Part 1 Areas subject only to statutory acknowledgement
| Statutory area | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal statutory acknowledgement area | As shown on OMCR-064-08 | |
| Tikitiki Hill Conservation Area—Department of Conservation staff house and land | As shown on OMCR-064-17 |
Part 2 Areas subject to both statutory acknowledgement and deed of recognition
| Statutory area | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 11882 Owenga site | As shown on OMCR-064-07 | |
| Hanson Bay South Marginal Strip | As shown on OMCR-064-09 | |
| Henga Scenic Reserve | As shown on OMCR-064-10 | |
| Lake Huro Marginal Strip | As shown on OMCR-064-11 | |
| Owenga Marginal Strip | As shown on OMCR-064-12 | |
| Pacific Ocean Marginal Strip | As shown on OMCR-064-13 | |
| Petre Bay Marginal Strip | As shown on OMCR-064-14 | |
| Pitt Strait Marginal Strip | As shown on OMCR-064-15 | |
| Te Awatea Scenic Reserve | As shown on OMCR-064-16 | |
| Waitangi Marginal Strip | As shown on OMCR-064-18 | |
| Wharekauri site 101 | As shown on OMCR-064-19 | |
| Wharekauri site 103 | As shown on OMCR-064-20 | |
| Wharekauri site 104 | As shown on OMCR-064-21 | |
| Wharekauri site 105 | As shown on OMCR-064-22 |
Schedule 2 Overlay areas
s 42
| Overlay area | Location | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manauea (Ocean Mail) Scenic Reserve | As shown on OMCR-064-01 |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council 831.1510 hectares, more or less, being Wharekauri 1G10B2 Block. All record of title WN547/188 for the fee simple estate. |
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| Mangere Island Nature Reserve | As shown on OMCR-064-02 |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council 112.9073 hectares, more or less, being Mangere Block. |
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| Part Wharekauri site 100 | As shown on OMCR-064-03 |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council 37.9000 hectares, more or less, being Section 1 SO 36538, Section 2 SO 36539, and Section 3 SO 36540. |
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| Rangatira Nature Reserve | As shown on OMCR-064-04 |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council 218.5303 hectares, more or less, being Rangatira or South East Island. |
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| Waikokopu (Canister Cove) Scenic Reserve and Waipāua Scenic Reserve | As shown on OMCR-064-05 |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council
1,214.1000 hectares, more or less, being Section 1 SO 32597, Section 3 Block IX Rangiauria Survey District, and Section 3 SO 545003. |
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| Wharekauri site 102 | As shown on OMCR-064-06 |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council 191.8850 hectares, more or less, being Sections 1 and 2 Block II Rangitihi Survey District and Section 1 SO 36529. |
Schedule 3 Cultural redress properties
ss 61, 71, 72
Properties vested in fee simple
| Name of property | Description | Interests | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glory housing property |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council
5.0000 hectares, more or less, being Section 6 SO 545003. Part transfer A016237. |
Subject to the restrictive covenant in gross referred to in section 62(3). Together with the right of way easement referred to in section 68(6)(b).
Subject to an unregistered research and collection permit with permit number 48332-GEO to Monash University, School of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment. |
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| Owenga property |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council
1.6610 hectares, more or less, being Section 1 SO 545004. All record of title 363467 for the fee simple estate. |
Subject to an unregistered tenancy agreement dated 7 October 2002. Subject to an unregistered tenancy agreement dated 25 January 2011. |
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| Te Awanui |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council 2.0370 hectares, more or less, being Section 1 SO 36805. Part transfer 067039.2. |
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| Waipāua property |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council
1.0000 hectare, more or less, being Section 9 SO 545003. Part transfer A016237. |
Subject to an unregistered grazing licence with concession number 50492-GRA to C L Lanauze and K Smith and a variation dated 8 July 2020. Subject to an unregistered research and collection permit with permit number 48332-GEO to Monash University, School of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment. |
Properties vested in fee simple to be administered as reserves
| Name of property | Description | Interests | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangiauria property |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council
34.6000 hectares, more or less, being Section 2 SO 545003. Part Gazette 1993, p 29. |
Subject to being a scenic reserve, as referred to in section 66(3). | ||
| Waipāua coastal property |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council
30.6100 hectares, more or less, being Sections 8 and 10 SO 545003. Part transfer A016237. |
Subject to being a scenic reserve, as referred to in section 67(3). Subject to the easement in gross for a right of way referred to in section 67(5). Subject to an unregistered grazing licence with concession number 50492-GRA to C L Lanauze and K Smith and a variation dated 8 July 2020. Subject to an unregistered research and collection permit with permit number 48332-GEO to Monash University, School of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment. |
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| Glory block |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council
462.2000 hectares, more or less, being Section 5 SO 545003. Part transfer A016237 and part Gazette 1993, p 29. |
Subject to being a local purpose reserve, as referred to in section 68(4). Subject to the easement in gross for a right of way referred to in section 68(6)(a)(i). Subject to the lease referred to in section 68(6)(a)(ii). Subject to the right of way easement referred to in section 68(6)(b). Subject to an unregistered grazing licence with concession number 50492-GRA to C L Lanauze and K Smith and a variation dated 8 July 2020. Subject to an unregistered research and collection permit with permit number 48332-GEO to Monash University, School of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment. |
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| Waihere block |
Wellington Land District—Chatham Islands Council
741.5000 hectares, more or less, being Section 1 SO 545003. Part transfer A016237. |
Subject to being a local purpose reserve, as referred to in section 69(3). Subject to an unregistered grazing licence with concession number 50491-GRA to E P, Y, J and A Lanauze. Subject to an unregistered research and collection permit with permit number 48332-GEO to Monash University, School of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment. |
Schedule 4 Notices in relation to shared RFR land
ss 89, 115, 122(3)
1 Requirements for giving notice
A notice by or to an RFR landowner, or the trustees of an offer trust or a recipient trust, under subpart 2 of Part 3 must be—
(a)
in writing and signed by—
(i)
the person giving it; or
(ii)
at least 2 of the trustees of that trust, for a notice given by the trustees of that trust; and
(b)
addressed to the recipient at the street address, postal address, fax number, or electronic address,—
(i)
for a notice to the trustees of that trust, specified for those trustees in accordance with the deed of settlement, or in a later notice given by those trustees to the RFR landowner, or identified by the RFR landowner as the current address, fax number, or electronic address of those trustees; or
(ii)
for a notice to an RFR landowner, specified by the RFR landowner in an offer made under section 94, or in a later notice given to those trustees, or identified by those trustees as the current address, fax number, or electronic address of the RFR landowner; and
(c)
for a notice given under section 111 or 114, addressed to the chief executive of LINZ at the Wellington office of LINZ; and
(d)
given by—
(i)
delivering it by hand to the recipient’s street address; or
(ii)
posting it to the recipient’s postal address; or
(iii)
faxing it to the recipient’s fax number; or
(iv)
sending it by electronic means such as email.
2 Use of electronic transmission
Despite clause 1, a notice given in accordance with clause 1(a) may be given by electronic means as long as the notice is given with an electronic signature that satisfies section 226(1)(a) and (b) of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017.
3 Time when notice received
(1)
A notice is to be treated as having been received—
(a)
at the time of delivery, if delivered by hand; or
(b)
on the sixth day after posting, if posted; or
(c)
at the time of transmission, if faxed or sent by other electronic means.
(2)
However, a notice is to be treated as having been received on the next working day if, under subclause (1), it would be treated as having been received—
(a)
after 5 pm on a working day; or
(b)
on a day that is not a working day.
Legislative history
25 March 2020 |
Introduction (Bill 238–1) |
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23 February 2021 |
First reading and referral to Māori Affairs Committee |
1 Ko te imi te kupu Moriori mō te iwi.
2 Koinei te ingoa o aua moutere i roto i te reo o te Imi Moriori.
3 Ko ta rē Moriori te reo i kōrerohia rā e te Imi Moriori i mua i te taenga o te Māori me te Pākehā ki Rēkohu. E whai ana te Imi Moriori ki te whakarauora i taua reo.
4 Ka whakatakoto te pire, ko Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri tētahi o ngā iwi Māori e rua i tau atu ki reira i te tōmuritanga o te tau 1835.
5 Ka kitea te pire ki: https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Moriori/moriori-deed-of-settlement-initialled.pdf.
6 Ko te “kaitiakitanga”.
7 Ko te tikane te kupu Moriori mō te tikanga.
8 I raro iho i te Resource Management Act 1991, hei kōwhiringā kē atu, hei āpitihanga rānei ki tētahi rārangitanga o te kame, e wātea ana tētahi whakahaere tiaki taonga (ko ngā Minita o te Karauna, ngā kaunihera, Te Pouhere Taonga, ko ngā ohu kaporeihana kua whakamanatia e te Minita mō te Taiao) ki te whai tono taonga.
9 Ka kitea te pepa whakahaere rawa ki https://www.cic.govt.nz/assets/CIC/Documents/Chatham-Islands-Resource-Management-Document-Operative-Version-2020-FINAL-WEB.pdf.
10 I raro i te Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2014/0026/latest/DLM4005414.html.
11 He rangapū motuhake a Te Mātāwai i whakatūria ai i raro i te Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori. Ko te whai kia whakatairanga i te reo Māori, me te whakatutuki i tōna whakarauoranga.
12 Imi is the Moriori word for iwi or tribe.
13 Ta rē Moriori is the language Moriori spoke before the arrival of Māori and Europeans to Rēkohu. Moriori are working on revitalising the language.
14 The bill sets out that Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri were one of two iwi Māori who arrived in late 1835.
15 The deed can be found at https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Moriori/moriori-deed-of-settlement-initialled.pdf.
16 Meaning guardian, and having a caring, nurturing, nourishing and symbiotic relationship with all elements of the world.
17 Tikane is the Moriori word for tikanga or customs.
18 Under the Resource Management Act 1991, as an alternative, or in addition to listing a property, a heritage protection authority (Ministers of the Crown, councils, Pouhere Taonga, or body corporates that have been approved by the Minister for the Environment) may seek a heritage order.
19 The resource management document is available at https://www.cic.govt.nz/assets/CIC/Documents/Chatham-Islands-Resource-Management-Document-Operative-Version-2020-FINAL-WEB.pdf.
20 Under the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014.
21 Te Mātāwai is an independent entity set up under Te Ture mō Te Reo (the Māori Language Act 2016). It seeks to promote and fulfil Māori language regeneration.
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Ngā kōrero
Tūtohutanga
Kua oti i te Komiti Whiriwhiri Take Māori te Pire Whakataunga Kerēme a te Imi1 Moriori te tirotiro, ā, e tūtohu ana kia whakamanatia me ngā menemana e whakaaturia ana.
E pā ana ki te pire nei
Ka whakamana te Pire Whakataunga Kerēme a te Imi Moriori i te Whakaaetanga Whakataunga i whakaaetia rā e te Imi Moriori me te Karauna. Ko te rohe pānga o te Imi Moriori ko Rēkohu, ko Rangihaute (Pitt Island), ko Hokorereoro (South East Island), me ētahi atu moutere e pātata ana. Hui katoa ka kīia ko ngā Tchatim Airani.2 Ka whakatauria e te pire ngā kerēme hītori Tiriti o Waitangi katoa a te Imi Moriori.
I whakamanatia te Whakaaetanga i waenga i te 10 o Mahuru me te 25 o Whiringa-ā-nuku 2019, e 31 ōrau te nui o te iwi i whai wāhi, ā, e 97 ōrau o rātou i whakaae. I waitohua i te 14 o Huitanguru 2020.
Kei roto i te pire tētahi whakarāpopototanga o ngā tātai kōrero o te kerēme, tae atu ki te murunga, te hokonga hoki o te whenua, me te aha ka pēhia te Imi Moriori, ā-haporitia, ā-tikangatia, ā-ōhangatia hoki. Ka mau hoki ki te pire ko ngā whakaaetanga a te Karauna mōna i wāwāhi i te Tiriti o Waitangi, ko tāna whakapāha ki te Imi Moriori, tae atu ki ngā puretumu ā-tikanga, ā-ōhanga hoki.
I te tau 2018, ka whakamanatia te Moriori Imi Settlement Trust hei hinonga whakahaere rawa mō muri i te whakataunga mā te Imi Moriori.
Ngā kōrero tūāpapa
Ka whakamārama te pire, i tae atu te Imi Moriori ki Rēkohu i waenga i te tau 1000 me te tau 1400 CE. Ki ō rātou whakaaro, ko rātou ngā waina pono (kainoho tuatahi) o ngā moutere rā. I noho atu rātou i reira, me te kore noa e whakapōreareatia e wai rā, taea noatia te taunga atu o te Pākehā i te tau 1791, o te Māori hoki (i Aotearoa) i te tau 1835. I mua i te taenga o te Pākehā me te Māori, he rangatira te noho, he mauri ora te noho a te Imi Moriori i Rēkohu.
He iwi tikanga whakatairite te Imi Moriori, kāore e nui te wehenga o te rangatira i te tangata, ā, i whakakorea te pakanga me te kōhuru.
I te 1 o Whiringa-ā-rangi 1842, ka taunahatia a Rēkohu e te Karauna hei whenua o Aotearoa. Eke noa te tau 1901, kua heke te pāpori Moriori mai i te 2,000 (i mua i te tūtakitanga) ki te 31.
I te Aperira 2020, e 900 ngā tāngata pakeke e rēhita ana hei mema o te Moriori Imi Settlement Trust.
Ko ngā nawe nui a te Imi Moriori ko ēnei:
ko te korenga ō te Karauna i whakamutu i te whakaponongatanga o te Imi Moriori
ko te korenga ō te Karauna i tiaki i te Imi Moriori, me te aha ka whenua kore i muri mai i te whakataunga a te Kōti Whenua Māori i te tau 1870, arā he iti iho i te 3% o ngā whenua o Rēkohu i tukuna ki te Imi Moriori
ko te korenga ō te Karauna i tiaki i ta rē Moriori3
ko ngā mahi a te Karauna ki te kohikohi, ki te hokohoko i ngā kōimi karāpuna (ngā kōiwi o ngā tūpuna)
ko ngā mahi a te Karauna ki te whakahora i ngā kōrero pōhēhē i pōhēhētia ai te Imi Moriori he iwi taurekareka i matemate tokitoki.
Ngā pānga īnaki ki runga o ngā Tchatim Airani
Ko te Imi Moriori tētahi o ngā rōpū i runga o Rēkohu. Ko tētahi atu rōpū ko Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri.4 He rite tahi ngā rohe pānga o te imi me te iwi, ka īnaki katoa tētahi i tētahi, ā, ka kapi ko ngā moutere katoa o ngā Tchatim Airani.
Nā runga i ngā pānga īnaki, kua whakaritea e te Karauna ētahi whakaturetanga e rua – me te mōhio iho ka whakaritea he tuatoru – hei whakatau i ngā taunga katoa e wawatahia ana i runga o Rēkohu.
Ko te pire tuatahi mō te whakataunga Moriori, ko te pire tuarua kāore anō kia whakaurua ki te Whare, heoi he pire e pā ana ki ngā whakataunga e ai ki a Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri.
Kua whakaritea hoki e te Karauna he puretumu e ea ai ngā whakaritenga i waenga i te Moriori me Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri. Kāore e kore ko te hua o tēnei ko tētahi whakaturetanga tuatoru, ā, kāore anō hoki i whakaatu ki te Whare.
Te whakatātare i te whakaturetanga
I waenga i tā mātou whakaarohanga o te pire, kua tirohia e mātou ngā hāngaitanga ōna e ai ki ngā mātāpono o te kounga o te whakaturetanga. Kāore ā mātou kūraruraru mō te whakaurunga o te whakaturenga nei ki te Whare.
Ngā menemana e tūtohungia ana
He iti, he hangarau ngā menemana e tūtohungia ana e mātou. Ka kapi katoa i ngā kōrerorero nei ngā menemana nui rawa e tūtohua ana e mātou ki te pire.
Ngā waeture i ngā tikanga tuku iho hī ika
Kei te wāhanga 60 ngā whakaritenga e hāngai ana ki ngā tikanga waeture i ngā tikanga tuku iho hī ika.
Kei te pire nei ētahi tikanga hou mō ngā waeture i ngā tikanga tuku iho hī ika e hāngai ana ki Rēkohu me Wharekauri, ā, e aro kē ana ki tēnei nei, kaua ki te Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998. Heoi, kāore i te pire nei ētahi tīnitanga mō ngā wāhi kua rāhuitia. Ki a mātou nei he pai ake me ka whakaurua ētahi kōwai-mātāmuri (C) ki te wāhanga 60 (1)(b)(ii), ā, mā te Minita tika hei whiriwhiri kōrero ki ngā tāngata e pā kinotia ana e ngā tīnitanga o ēnei wāhi. Ko te āpitihanga nei hei tautoko i ngā whiriwhiringa kōrero ki ērā ka pāngia e te rāhui.
E tūtohu ana hoki mātou kia whakaurungia tētahi kōwai-mātāmuri hou (D) ki te wāhanga 60(1)(b)(ii). Mā te menemana nei e taunaki i te hunga he hiahia ō rātou ki te whai moni mai i tētahi kararehe kia tiakina rātou e ngā pānga o te rāhui. He rite tahi ā mātou tīnitanga ki ērā kua whakakupuhia i te Waeture 23(1)(e) o te Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations.
E tūtohu nei mātou kia whakatikaina te wāhanga 60(1)(e). Ka whakaōrite tā mātou menemana i te reo o te pire ki te reo o te rārangi 5.43 o te Whakaaetanga Whakataunga Moriori, e pā ana ki ngā pāero tikanga tuku iho hī ika.5
E tūtohu atu nei mātou kia tāpiri atu i tētahi kōwai hou (f) ki te wāhanga 60(1). Mā tēnei e āhei ai te wāhanga 60 ki te taunaki i ngā take kē atu e whakaarangia ana e te wāhanga 5.43 o te Whakaaetanga Whakataunga Moriori.
Ngā ōritenga ki te Secondary Legislation Act
E marohi nei mātou, mā te unu i te wāhanga-āpiti (3) mai i te wāhanga 60 e ea ai te hāngaitanga o te pire ki ngā whakaritenga o te Secondary Legislation Act 2021.
I roto i te pire i whakaurua rā, kei te wāhanga 60(3) ngā āhuatanga mō ngā pāero o raro i te wāhanga 60, ā, ehara ēnei i te hanga whakaturetanga, i te hanga whakakorenga rānei mō te aronga ki te Legislation Act 2012. Mā tēnei e ū rawa ai tēnei ki te Whare, ā, kua kore e taea te whakakore e te Whare. Ka tīni tēnei āhuatanga i runga i te Secondary Legislation Act mā te whakaraupapa i ngā pāero i raro i te pire whakataunga (me ngā waeture hoki o raro i te wāhanga 186 o te Fisheries Act 1996, pēnei i ēnei) hei whakaturetanga tuarua, ā, nā reira i pai ai te whakatakoto, i noho ai hoki hei hanga whakakorenga.
Te tāpiri i ngā kupu e tika ana
Kei te pire nei ētahi kupu ta rē Moriori me ētahi kupu Māori anō hoki.
E tūtohu nei mātou kia menemanatia te wāhanga 60(1)(a) kia āpitihia atu tētahi kupu ōrite ki te kupu “kaitiaki” i ta rē Moriori, koia ko te “tchieki”.6
Ka hāngai ngā menemana ki ngā panonitanga ture
He huhua ngā menemana itiiti e tūtohua ana e mātou hei whakatūturu ka hāngai ngā kōrero ō roto ki ā nāianei tikanga, ka hāngai hoki ki ngā Ture me ngā tikanga e kōrerohia ana i roto rā. E tūtohu ana mātou kia menemanatia:
ngā rārangi 6 me te 19, kia hāngai ai ki ngā hua o ngā panonitanga ā-ture i roto i te Trusts Act 2019
ngā rārangi 17, 99, me te 112, kia hāngai ai ki ngā panonitanga o te Education and Training Act 2020
ngā rārangi 50 me te 51, kia hāngai ai ki ngā panonitanga ki te Secondary Legislation Act
te rārangi 105, kia hāngai ai ki ngā panonitanga ki te Public Works Act 1981.
Nā runga i taua take anō rā, ka tūtohu mātou kia menemanatia ngā rārangi 6 me te 26 kia hāngai ai te takoto o te kupu i roto i te pire ki ngā tikanga o te umanga ahumatua.
Ka tūtohu mātou kia menemanatia te rārangi 53, arā me whakauru tētahi rārangi mātāmuri (4). Ka whakahau te mea rā i te Minita Tiaki Taiao kia whakatūturu ka tāngia ki te Gazette ko ngā ōta i tohua i raro i te rārangi 53. Ka hāngai tā mātou menemana ki ētahi kawenga hou i raro i te Secondary Legislation Act.
Te tono kia menemanatia te whakarāpopoto o ngā tātai kōrero
I whiwhi mātou ki tētahi tāpaetanga, nā Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri, e whakaara āwangawanga ana mō te tika o ngā tātai kōrero i roto i te pire, me te tono anō kia menemanatia. Ka whakatakoto ngā tātai kōrero i roto i te whakaaetanga whakataunga, te whakarāpopototia nei ki te rārangi 8 o te pire, i ngā mahi me ngā awerenga a te Karauna i hua ake ai te whākitanga, te whakapāha hoki i roto i te whakaaetanga whakataunga tahi me te pire nei.
Ki ō mātou whakaaro, he tōtika hoki te whakarāpopoto nei o ngā kōrero i whakaaetia rā e te Imi Moriori me te Karauna. I āta tuhia te whakarāpopoto i runga i te aroha hei whakatūturu ka ea i te Karauna ōna herenga ki ētahi atu hoa Tiriti āna. Ka arongia e mātou ko Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri tētahi o aua hoa Tiriti. Kāore mātou e tūtohu menemana ki te pire e pā ana ki te kaupapa nei.
Ngā kaupapa kīhai i wherahia ki te pire
Kua whiwhi mātou ki ētahi tāpaetanga huhua nāna nei i whakaara ētahi kaupapa kīhai i wherahia ki te pire, tae atu ki ngā take i raro nei. Ka whakahau te Whakataunga Tū Roa 300, e taea ana e mātou te tūtohu ngā menemana anake e hāngai ana ki te kaupapa o te pire, ā, e hāngai ana ki ngā mātāpono, ki ngā whāinga hoki o te pire. Ahakoa kīhai mātou i whakaaro ake me tuku tūtohutanga hei tātari i aua kaupapa, e whakaaro ana mātou he kaupapa nui ēnei ki te imi, ā, e hiahia ana mātou ki te whakaara i aua kaupapa ki te aroaro o te Whare.
Te tiaki i Te Ana a Nunuku
He tokomaha ngā kaitāpae nāna nei i whakapuaki te āwangawanga i te kino haere o Te Ana a Nunuku, ā, ka inoi kia tiakina te ana. He whakahirahira hoki te ana nei ki te Moriori, koinei te wāhi i noho ai tō rātou tupuna, a Nunuku Whenua. I whakakore a Nunuku Whenua i te mahi nei, te whawhai i waenga i ngā tāngata i runga i te moutere. Nāna te Kawenata Rongo o Nunuku Whenua, he āhuatanga nunui o ngā tikane Moriori.7
I tā mātou haerenga ki Rēkohu ki te rongo mai i ngā kaitāpae ki te pire nei, i toro atu mātou ki te ana.
Ko tētahi o ngā āhuatanga whakamīharo rawa o te ana ko ngā whakairo pākeho i tōna waha. I rongo, i kite hoki mātou e kino haere ana aua whakairo, ā, ka pā mai te pōuri i te kitenga atu kāore i te tiakina.
I kite mātou kua whakatūria tētahi hanga hei tiaki i te ana, engari ko tērā i kīia mai ki a mātou, i tangohia kia pai ai te whakamātau i ētahi atu mahinga tiakitanga. Ko tērā i arongia e mātou, i marohitia rā te whakatūranga o te taiapa huri noa i te ana hei aukati i ngā kararehe, engari kāore anō kia mahia, ā, kāore anō ētahi atu hanga tiaki kia whakatūria.
E mārakerake ana te kitea he wāhi hirahira, he wāhi tapu Te Ana a Nunuku e tika ana kia tiakina, kia manaakitia.
I rangahau mātou i ētahi rautaki ki te tiaki i te ana.
Te āpitihanga o te ana ki tētahi mahere ā-rohe
E mōhio ana mātou ka whai wāhi pea ki tētahi mahere ā-rohe a te kaunihera ētahi tono taonga ki te tiaki i ngā mātāpono tiaki taonga o tētahi wāhi, o tētahi hanganga rānei.8
I kimi kōrero mātou i te Chatham Islands Council kia kite mēnā kua whakaaro rātou ki te tiaki i te ana. E mārama ana mātou kāore te pepa tiaki rawa a te kaunihera,9 i whakaūngia ai i te hui kaunihera i tū i te 14 o Hakihea 2017, e tiaki i te ana. I kī te kaunihera, hei wāhanga o tana arotake mahere ā-rohe, he nui ngā kōrero tahi ki te imi, te iwi, me te marea, ā, kāore i hua ake te take ki te tiaki i te ana. E mārama ana mātou kāore te kaunihera i te whai kia panonihia tāna mahere ā-rohe ki te tiaki i te ana.
Ko te āpitihanga o te ana ki Te Rārangi Kōrero
E whakaaro nei mātou me āpiti te ana ki Te Rārangi Kōrero. E mārama ana mātou mēnā i āpitihia te ana ki tēnei rārangi, ka nui ake te taumata o te tiakina ōna.
E aro ana i a mātou ko te āpitihanga o tētahi wāhi ki Te Rārangi Kōrero, ka whai wāhi a Te Pouhere Taonga ki te tūtohi atu ki ngā whakahaerenga ā-rohe o te takiwā mō ētahi rautaki whai tikanga ki te atawhai, ki te tiaki hoki i te wāhi.10
E mārama ana mātou nā ngā kōrero a ngā kaimahi o Te Pouhere Taonga ki te Moriori me Ngāti Mutunga i tō rātou haerenga ki Rēkohu i te tau kua hipa, ā, a mohoa nei e tāria ana te tono kia āpitihia te wāhi ki te Rārangi Kōrero. I whakamōhiotia mātou kua ngana ki te āpiti i te wāhi ki te rārangi engari kāore i tutuki nā te mea kei whenua tūmatawhāiti, ā, kāore a Te Pouhere Taonga i tautokona e te kaipupuri whenua matua. E mārama ana mātou, kāore a Te Pouhere Taonga e whai wāhi ki te manaaki i te wāhi kia āpitihia rawatia te ana ki Te Rārangi Kōrero. I whakamōhiotia mai hoki mātou ko te whakahaeretanga o te ana nei e tautohetohea ana e te hapori o Rēkohu.
Ko tā Te Manatū Taonga me tautoko Te Pouhere Taonga i ngā kaipupuri whenua, te imi, me te iwi ki te whakawhanake i ngā mahere tiaki i te ana.
Ō mātou tirohanga ki te tiaki i tēnei wāhi
E aro ana i a mātou he whenua hirahira anō kei whenua tūmataiti e rāhuitia ana, hei tauira, te toka o Opihi kei Timaru, ko Maerewhenua kei Ōtākou, me te toka o Manunui kei Waimate.
E pīrangi ana mātou kia kite i te rāhuitanga o tēnei whenua. E akiaki ana mātou i ngā kaipupuri whenua matawhāiti, imi, iwi, te kaunihera ā-rohe me te kāwanatanga ki te mahi tahi ki te whakatau i ngā take e toitū ai te wāhi.
Ko te whakamana i ta rē Moriori hei reo whai mana
Tokomaha ngā kaitāpae i tono kia whakamanatia ta rē Moriori hei reo whai mana, ā, i kī rā hoki me tautoko tana whakamahinga.
I rongo mātou i ngā whakaaro rerekē i ētahi kaitāpae i whakaaro he reo ā-iwi taua reo o te reo Māori.
Ko tērā i kīia mai ki a mātou, i ahu mai ta rē Moriori me te reo Māori i te reo proto-Polynesian kotahi nei. Heoi anō, i whanake wehewehe ta rē Moriori me ōna wehewehenga i te reo Māori, he tawhiti rawa nō te Moriori i ngā Tchatim Airani.
E mārama ana mātou me takoto he Ture Pāremata e whakamanatia ai ta rē Moriori hei reo whai mana. E aro ana i a mātou i whakamanatia tuatahitia ai te reo Māori hei reo whai mana i raro iho i te Ture Reo Māori 1987 (kua rīwhitia ki Te Ture mō te Reo Māori 2016).
I kōrero mātou ki Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. I ako mātou nō mua mai i arohia e Te Taura Whiri he reo ā-iwi ta rē Moriori. Ko tā mātou e mārama nei, nā tēnei i taea ai e ia ta rē Moriori te tautoko.
I whakamōhiotia mai mātou, kua tuku pūtea atu a Te Taura Whiri ki te whakawhanake i ta rē Moriori, ā, e $20,355 i tukuna i te tau 2006 mō te whakarite mahere reo i tana tahua pūtea Mā te Reo.
I ako mātou e wātea ana pea ki te Moriori te tono i te taunakitanga reo i ngā tahua hapori, ko te tapeketanga o te $10 miriona tāra i te Kāwanatanga ki Te Mātāwai i te tau 2018.11
Nō mātou i Rēkohu i rongo ai mātou i te reo e kōrerohia ana e ngā kaitāpae, ā, e aro ana i a mātou te aroha o te Moriori ki te aro, ki te whakarauora anō hoki i tō rātou reo. Kāore e tika ana mā tō mātou komiti e whakatau i tēnei wāhanga o te hātepe mēnā me whakamana ta rē Moriori mā te ture. Heoi anō, e whakaae ana mātou me tautoko te reo. E āki ana mātou i ngā rōpū e tika ana ki te mahi tahi ki te Moriori e tutuki ai tēnei.
Tāpiritanga
Hātepe komiti
I te 23 o Huitanguru 2021 ka tukuna te Pire Whakataunga Kerēme a te Imi Moriori ki te komiti.
Ko te 7 o Paengawhāwhā 2021 te rā katinga mō ngā tāpaetanga kōrero. E 55 ngā tāpaetanga i whiwhi, i whiriwhiria hoki mai i ngā rōpū whai pānga me ngā tāngata takitahi. I rongo kōrero taunaki mātou mai i ngā kaitāpae tekau mā rua i ngā huinga i Tchatim Airani, i Te Whanganui-a-Tara hoki.
I whiwhi kupu tohutohu mātou mō te pire nei mai i Te Arawhiti, mai i a Kiwa Hammond hoki, te whakatūria rā hei kaitohutohu mātanga hei tautoko i te komiti, hei homai kupu tohutohu hoki e pā ana ki ta rē Moriori, ki ngā tikane hoki. Nā Te Tari o te Manahautū i homai kupu tohutohu e pā ana ki te kounga ā-ture o te pire. I pūrongo mai te Komiti Arotake Tikanga ki a mātou mō ngā mana ā-ture i roto i te rārangi 60.
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