In this subpart,—

The area described in Schedule 2 is declared to be subject to the overlay classification.

The Crown acknowledges the statements of values for the overlay area.

The only purposes of the overlay classification are—

The protection principles are intended to prevent the values stated in the statements of values from being harmed or diminished.

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

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

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

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

The noting of the overlay classification is—

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

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

The Director-General may notify in the Gazette any action (including any specified action) taken or intended to be taken under section 16 or 17.

The Director-General must take action in relation to the protection principles, including the specified actions.

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

The Director-General must notify the joint redress trustees in writing of any action that the Director-General intends to take.

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.

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

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

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

Regulations made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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

Bylaws made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

This section applies if, at any time, the overlay classification applies to any land in—

The overlay classification does not affect—

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

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

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

The Minister of Conservation must ensure that an order made under this section is published in the Gazette.

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.

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 statements of values than that person would give if the overlay area were not subject to the overlay classification.

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

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

The overlay classification does not—

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

The Minister may recommend the making of regulations under section 186 of the Fisheries Act 1996 to provide for—

The Minister must recommend the making of regulations in accordance with subsection (1) to give effect to any written notice received from both groups of joint redress trustees and the chief executive—

In this section, Minister and chief executive have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Fisheries Act 1996.

In this subpart,—

The reservation of the Mataikona property (being Mataikona Recreation Reserve) as a recreation reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977 is revoked.

The fee simple estate in the Mataikona property vests as undivided half shares in the specified groups of trustees as tenants in common as follows:

The parts of the Wairarapa Moana property and the Crown stratum above the property that are a conservation area under the Conservation Act 1987 cease to be a conservation area.

The reservation of the parts of the Wairarapa Moana property and the Crown stratum above the property that are a reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977 (parts of which are Allsops Bay Wildlife Reserve and part of Wairarapa Lake Shore Scenic Reserve) is revoked.

Sections 1, 2, 5, 7, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 32, 33, 34, 37, 39, 44, 46, and 47 on SO 517745, which are road, are stopped.

Section 345(3) of the Local Government Act 1974 does not apply to the stopping of the road.

The stopped road vests in the Crown as Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

The fee simple estate in the Wairarapa Moana property vests as undivided shares in the specified groups of trustees as tenants in common as follows:

The Wairarapa Moana property and the Crown stratum above the property are declared a reserve and classified as a local purpose reserve, for the primary purpose of ecosystem and wildlife management and the secondary purpose of recreation, subject to section 23 of the Reserves Act 1977.

The reserve is named Wairarapa Moana Local Purpose Reserve.

The Wairarapa Moana Statutory Board is the administering body of the reserve (see section 103).

To the extent that the Wairarapa Moana property has moveable boundaries, the boundaries are governed by the common law rules of accretion, erosion, and avulsion.

The existing improvements in or on the Wairarapa Moana property do not vest in the specified groups of trustees, despite the vesting under subsection (6).

To avoid doubt, the Crown stratum above the Wairarapa Moana property remains owned by the Crown.

The reservation of the part of the Mākirikiri property that is a recreation reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977 (being Makirikiri Recreation Reserve) is revoked.

The reservation of the part of the Mākirikiri property that is a scenic reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977 (being Makirikiri Scenic Reserve) is revoked.

The fee simple estate in the Mākirikiri property vests in the tipuna Te Rangiwhakaewa.

The Mākirikiri property is declared a reserve and classified as a recreation reserve subject to section 17 of the Reserves Act 1977.

The reserve is named Mākirikiri Reserve.

The joint management board established by section 37 is the administering body of the reserve, and the Reserves Act 1977 applies to the reserve as if the reserve were vested in the board (as if the board were trustees) under section 26 of that Act.

Subsections (8) and (9) apply despite—

The joint management board—

The Registrar-General and any other relevant person must have regard to subsection (8).

Section 15 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 does not apply in relation to the Mākirikiri property.

The fee simple estate in the Mākirikiri property cannot be transferred.

The reservation of the Mākirikiri property as a reserve subject to the Reserves Act 1977 cannot be revoked, but the classification of the reserve may be changed under that Act.

Each cultural redress property vested under this subpart is subject to, or has the benefit of, any interests that affect the property immediately before the settlement date.

In sections 31 to 34, a reference to the vesting of a cultural redress property, or the vesting of the fee simple estate in a cultural redress property, includes the vesting of an undivided share of the fee simple estate in the property.

For the Mataikona property, the Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—

For the Wairarapa Moana property, the Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—

For the Mākirikiri property, the Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—

Subsections (1) to (3) are subject to the completion of any survey necessary to create a record of title.

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

In this section, authorised person means a person authorised by the Director-General.

The vesting of the fee simple estate in a cultural redress property 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.

Section 24 of the Conservation Act 1987 does not apply to the vesting of the Mākirikiri property.

Part 4A of the Conservation Act 1987 does not apply to the vesting of the Wairarapa Moana property.

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

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

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

For the Wairarapa Moana property, if the reservation of the property under this subpart is revoked for—

The Registrar-General must comply with an application received in accordance with subsection (3)(a).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The administering body of each reserve property is as follows:

Sections 78(1)(a), 79 to 81, and 88 of the Reserves Act 1977 do not apply in relation to the Mākirikiri property (see section 107(1) in relation to the Wairarapa Moana property).

If the reservation of the Wairarapa Moana 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.

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.

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.

A joint management board is established for the Mākirikiri property.

The following are appointers for the purposes of this section:

Each appointer may appoint 2 members to the joint management board.

A member is appointed only if the appointer gives written notice with the following details to the other appointer:

An appointment ends after 3 years or earlier when the member resigns or is discharged.

A member may be appointed, reappointed, or discharged at the discretion of the appointer.

Sections 32(2) to (4), (7), (10), and (11), 33, and 34 of the Reserves Act 1977 apply to the joint management board as if it were a board under that Act and with any necessary modifications, but only to the extent that is consistent with this Act.

The first meeting of the board must be held no later than 2 months after the settlement date.

The chairperson and the deputy chairperson of the joint management board must be appointed from among its members.

The chairperson must be appointed alternately by each group of joint redress trustees, starting with the trustees of the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā Trust.

The deputy chairperson must be appointed alternately by each group of joint redress trustees, starting with the trustees of the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua Settlement Trust.

The chairperson and deputy chairperson are appointed for a term of 3 years.

A meeting of the joint management board is properly constituted if a quorum is present, whether or not all of the members are voting.

At least a quorum must be present during the whole of the time at which the business is transacted at the meeting.

If the chairperson and the deputy chairperson are not present at a meeting, the members who are present must elect one of themselves to act as the chairperson for the meeting.

A quorum for a meeting of the joint management board is 2 members, comprising—

This section applies to all or the part of the Wairarapa Moana property that remains a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977 after the property has vested under this subpart.

The fee simple estate in the reserve land may be transferred only in accordance with section 41.

In this section and section 41, reserve land means the land that remains a reserve as described in subsection (1).

The registered owners of an undivided share in the fee simple estate in the reserve land may transfer that share if—

In this section, custodian trustee means—

This section applies to the following reserve land:

The owners of reserve land must not mortgage, or give a security interest in, the reserve land.

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 under this subpart.

The bylaw, prohibition, or restriction remains in force until it expires or is revoked under the Conservation Act 1987 or the Reserves Act 1977.

The Wairarapa Moana Statutory Board is established.

The purpose of the Statutory Board is to act as a guardian of Wairarapa Moana and the Ruamahanga River catchment, for the benefit of present and future generations, by—

The principal function of the Statutory Board is to achieve its purpose.

The other functions of the Statutory Board are as follows:

The Statutory Board comprises—

A member is appointed only if the appointer gives written notice with the following details to the other appointers:

An appointment ends after 3 years or earlier when the member resigns or is discharged.

A member may be appointed, reappointed, or discharged at the discretion of the appointer.

In appointing a member, the appointer—

A member of the Statutory Board may resign by giving written notice to the member’s appointer and to the Statutory Board.

The appointer of a member may discharge the member by giving written notice to the member and to the Statutory Board.

If there is a vacancy in the membership of the Statutory Board,—

The members must elect the chairperson of the Statutory Board from among the 4 members appointed by the trustees of the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua Settlement Trust.

Sections 32(2) to (5), 33, and 34 of the Reserves Act 1977 apply to the Statutory Board as if it were a board under that Act and with any necessary modifications, but only to the extent that is consistent with this Act.

The first meeting of the Statutory Board must be held—

At its first meeting, the Statutory Board must—

The rules of procedure must include rules for how the Statutory Board and the appointers of the Statutory Board’s members are to agree to the annual operational management programme under section 118.

For any procedure not covered by the rest of this section, the Statutory Board may adopt any rule of procedure that is consistent with this Act.

The Statutory Board may at any time amend its rules of procedure.

A meeting of the Statutory Board is properly constituted if a quorum is present, whether or not all of the members are voting.

At least a quorum must be present during the whole of the time at which the business is transacted at the meeting.

If the chairperson is not present at a meeting, the members who are present must elect to act as the chairperson for the meeting one of the members present who was appointed by the trustees of the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua Settlement Trust.

A quorum for a meeting of the Statutory Board is 6 members, comprising—

A matter to be decided by the Statutory Board must be decided at a meeting of the Statutory Board.

The Statutory Board must try to unanimously agree to a matter but, if it cannot, the matter must be decided by a majority of 75% or more of the votes cast by members who are present and voting.

The chairperson, or the member who is acting as the chairperson, has a deliberative vote but no casting vote if the required majority is not achieved.

In performing its functions, the Statutory Board—

The committee for natural resources comprises the members required by section 62, who need not be members of the Statutory Board.

Any other committee comprises members of the Statutory Board who are appointed by the Statutory Board.

A committee may invite advisers or observers to attend its meetings.

The appointment of a member of a committee ends after 3 years or earlier when the member resigns or is discharged.

A member may be appointed, reappointed, or discharged at the discretion of the appointer.

In appointing a member of a committee, the appointer—

A member of a committee may resign by giving written notice to the member’s appointer and to the committee.

The appointer of a member of a committee may discharge the member by giving written notice to the member and to the committee.

If there is a vacancy in the membership of a committee,—

At its first meeting, a committee must—

The committee—

The rules of procedure must include rules for—

The committee may at any time amend the rules of procedure it adopts under subsection (2)(b).

A committee for natural resources is established as a committee of the Statutory Board.

The committee for natural resources comprises—

A member of the committee for natural resources is appointed only if the appointer gives written notice with the following details to the other appointers:

A meeting of the committee for natural resources is properly constituted if a quorum is present, whether or not all of the members are voting.

At least a quorum must be present during the whole of the time at which the business is transacted at the meeting.

A quorum for a meeting of the committee is 6 members, comprising—

A matter to be decided by the committee for natural resources must be decided at a meeting of the committee.

The committee must try to unanimously agree to a matter but, if it cannot, the matter must be decided by a majority of 75% or more of the votes cast by members who are present and voting.

The chairperson, or the member who is acting as the chairperson, has a deliberative vote but no casting vote if the required majority is not achieved.

A meeting of the Statutory Board, or a committee of the Statutory Board, may be held in either, or in a combination, of the following ways:

This section states when a notice of appointment, a dispute notice, or a mediation notice is to be treated as having been received for the purposes of this Part.

The notice is received—

However, the notice is received on the next working day if, under subsection (2), it would be treated as having been received—

The appointer of 1 or more members of the Statutory Board, or of the committee for natural resources, may appoint 1 or more alternative members for those 1 or more members.

An alternative member may attend a meeting, and do everything that the member could do at the meeting, if the member is unable to attend.

The following provisions apply to an alternative member of the Statutory Board, with any necessary modifications:

The following provisions apply to an alternative member of the committee for natural resources, with any necessary modifications:

Each appointer is responsible for paying for the expenses of the members it appoints to the Statutory Board or the committee for natural resources.

The Statutory Board, or any committee of the Statutory Board, is not a council organisation or a council-controlled organisation for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2002.

To avoid doubt, the Statutory Board, or any committee of the Statutory Board, is not a committee or a joint committee of a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2002 or any other Act.

Any party to a relevant dispute who considers that the dispute has not been resolved within a reasonable time may refer the disputed issues to dispute resolution.

In this section, a relevant dispute is a dispute that—

The party refers the disputed issues to dispute resolution by giving written notice to the other parties (the dispute notice)—

The parties must, within 20 working days after the date on which all of the parties have received the dispute notice, meet to try to resolve the disputed issues in good faith.

However, the parties may agree on a different deadline.

Any party may refer to mediation any disputed issues that are not resolved within a reasonable time by agreement under section 72.

The party refers the disputed issues to mediation by giving written notice to the other parties (the mediation notice)—

One or more persons must be appointed as the mediator.

The mediator—

The parties must try to agree on whom to appoint as the mediator.

If the parties cannot agree on the mediator within 15 working days after the date on which all of the parties have received the mediation notice, the mediator may be appointed by the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand Incorporated at the written request of the party who started the mediation process.

The mediator may give advice at the request of the parties, but cannot determine the disputed issues or bind the parties in any way.

The mediator must end the mediation no later than 3 months after the date on which all of the parties have received the mediation notice.

If the Statutory Board, or any of its committees, is a party to the dispute, the Statutory Board must pay—

If an appointer of any member of the Statutory Board or the committee for natural resources is a party to the dispute, that appointer must pay—

In subsections (3) and (4), equal share means a share that is equal between each appointer to which subsection (4) applies and, if subsection (3) applies, the Statutory Board.

The parties must participate in dispute resolution (including any mediation) in a co-operative, open-minded, and timely manner, having particular regard to—

The Statutory Board and its committees must continue to perform their functions in good faith while disputed issues are unresolved.

This subpart sets out how the Wairarapa Moana document is prepared and approved.

The Wairarapa Moana document must have the following 3 parts:

The Wairarapa Moana document must—

In subsection (1)(a) (and only there), Wairarapa Moana means the area shown outlined in red on the map in part 5 of the attachments to the deed of settlement of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua.

The Statutory Board may, at its discretion, combine the processes related to giving public notice of, and seeking and considering submissions on, the drafts of 2 or more of the 3 parts of the Wairarapa Moana document.

In that case, a person’s rights of participation under the combined process must be no less favourable than under the separate processes.

The overarching vision and desired outcomes document must recognise and provide for the cultural, spiritual, and ecological values of Wairarapa Moana.

The Statutory Board must prepare a draft overarching vision and desired outcomes document.

In preparing the draft document, the Statutory Board must facilitate an inclusive approach that encourages the participation of—

The Statutory Board, no later than 3 months after it prepares the draft overarching vision and desired outcomes document,—

The public notice, or other notice, of the draft document must state that—

The deadline must be at least 20 working days after the date on which the public notice is given.

The Statutory Board must consider the written (including electronic) submissions received on the draft overarching vision and desired outcomes document, but only to the extent that they are consistent with the requirements for the document in section 80.

The Statutory Board may then, at its discretion,—

After the hearing (if one is held), the Statutory Board must consider the submissions made at the hearing to the extent that they are consistent with the requirements for the document in section 80.

The Statutory Board must—

The Statutory Board may amend the draft overarching vision and desired outcomes document after considering any submissions.

It may do so either after a hearing arranged by the Statutory Board or after the Statutory Board decides not to arrange a hearing.

The Statutory Board must consider the draft document, including any amendments, and—

After reconsidering the draft document, the Statutory Board may amend it so that it may be considered for approval.

Subsections (3) and (4) then apply to each round of reconsideration.

The Statutory Board, after approving the final overarching vision and desired outcomes document,—

The public notice, or other notice, of the document must state that—

The document takes effect on that specified date.

The Statutory Board must review the overarching vision and desired outcomes document in accordance with this section.

The first review of the document must start no later than 10 years after it was approved as the final document.

Each subsequent review must start no later than 10 years after the previous review ended.

At the end of each review, the Statutory Board must decide whether the document should be amended.

An amendment to the document that has minor effect may be—

Any other amendment to the document must be prepared and made in accordance with sections 81 to 85, which apply with any necessary modifications.

The Statutory Board may delegate to a committee of the Statutory Board any function, power, or duty it has under sections 81 to 86, except its power under section 84(3)(a) (to approve the final overarching vision and desired outcomes document, including after a subsequent review of the document).

In that case, those sections apply with any necessary modifications.

The reserves management plan must be consistent with—

The reserves management plan must be prepared, approved, and subsequently reviewed in accordance with section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977.

That section applies to the reserves management plan, whether in relation to its preparation, approval, review, or otherwise,—

The reserves management plan must apply to all of the Wairarapa Moana reserves, despite anything in section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977.

The draft reserves management plan must be prepared—

The Statutory Board (as the administering body of the Wairarapa Moana reserves) must submit the draft plan to the Minister of Conservation for approval.

The reserves management plan must be reviewed by the Statutory Board, even (despite subsection (4)) for a review that is treated by section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977 as the preparation of a management plan.

However, the Statutory Board may delegate the review to a committee of the Statutory Board.

The natural resources document must identify the Statutory Board’s issues, values, vision, objectives, and desired outcomes for sustainable management of natural resources in the Ruamahanga River catchment, to the extent that they relate to the health and well-being of Wairarapa Moana or the Ruamahanga River catchment.

The document must identify those matters in order to provide leadership on the sustainable management of the Ruamahanga River catchment in a way—

The natural resources document must not contain rules or regulatory methods.

The committee for natural resources must prepare a draft natural resources document.

In preparing the draft document, the committee must facilitate an inclusive approach that encourages the participation of—

The committee must provide the draft document to the Statutory Board for approval.

The Statutory Board, no later than 3 months after the date it approves the draft natural resources document,—

The public notice, or other notice, of the draft document must state that—

The deadline must be at least 20 working days after the date on which the public notice is given.

The Statutory Board must provide the written (including electronic) submissions received on the draft natural resources document to the committee for natural resources.

The committee must—

The Statutory Board must consider the advice and then may, at its discretion,—

A hearing arranged by the Statutory Board must, at its discretion,—

After either type of hearing (if one is held), the committee must—

The committee must—

The committee for natural resources may amend the draft natural resources document after considering any submissions.

It may do so either after a hearing arranged by the Statutory Board or after the Statutory Board decides not to arrange a hearing.

The committee must provide to the Statutory Board—

The Statutory Board must consider the draft document and—

The Statutory Board may ask for reconsideration only if it considers that any part of the document does not satisfy the requirements in section 90.

After reconsidering the draft document, the committee may amend it and must provide to the Statutory Board—

Subsections (4) to (6) then apply to each round of reconsideration.

The Statutory Board, after approving the final natural resources document,—

The public notice, or other notice, of the document must state that—

The document takes effect on that specified date.

The committee for natural resources may at any time ask for reports, information, or advice to assist in the preparation or approval of the natural resources document.

The committee may ask for these from—

If the committee asks an appointer, the appointer must provide what has been asked for, and by any deadline specified by the committee, if it is reasonably practicable to do so.

The committee for natural resources must review the natural resources document as required by this section.

The Statutory Board must ask the committee to do each review.

The first review of the document must start no later than 10 years after it was approved as the final document.

Each subsequent review must start no later than 10 years after the previous review ended.

The committee must make recommendations about the document to the Statutory Board at the end of each review.

The Statutory Board must consider the recommendations and decide whether the document should be amended.

An amendment to the document that has minor effect may be—

Any other amendment to the document must be prepared and made in accordance with sections 91 to 95, which apply with any necessary modifications.

In preparing or changing a regional policy statement, regional plan, or district plan under the Resource Management Act 1991, the relevant local authority must recognise and provide for the content of the natural resources document to the extent that it is relevant to matters covered by the statement or plan.

In preparing or adopting a long-term plan or an annual plan under the Local Government Act 2002, the relevant local authority must have particular regard to the content of the natural resources document to the extent that it is relevant to matters covered by the plan.

However, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the extent that they would affect the continued operation of the existing Development Scheme under section 112.

To avoid doubt,—

In preparing a conservation management strategy under the Conservation Act 1987, the Director-General must have particular regard to the content of the following, to the extent that it is relevant to matters covered by the strategy:

In preparing any plan under conservation legislation, the Director-General must have particular regard to the content of the following, to the extent that it is relevant to matters covered by the plan:

In recommending the making of any regulations about recreational or commercial fishing to apply to the Wairarapa Moana reserves, the Minister of Conservation must have particular regard to any relevant advice from the Statutory Board.

Each conservation area described in the following table is declared a reserve and classified as a local purpose reserve, for the primary purpose of ecosystem and wildlife management and the secondary purpose of recreation, subject to section 23 of the Reserves Act 1977:

The classification of the reserve described in the following table is changed to a local purpose reserve, for the primary purpose of ecosystem and wildlife management and the secondary purpose of recreation, subject to section 23 of the Reserves Act 1977:

Section 24 of the Reserves Act 1977 does not apply to the change of classification under this section.

The Statutory Board is the administering body of a Wairarapa Moana reserve for the purposes of the Reserves Act 1977, and is responsible for granting any interest over or authorising any use of the reserve, as provided in subsection (2) and sections 104 to 106.

The Statutory Board must consult with the owners of a Wairarapa Moana reserve before granting an interest in land over the reserve.

This section continues to apply despite any transfer of the fee simple estate in a Wairarapa Moana reserve.

This section applies to a Wairarapa Moana reserve—

The Reserves Act 1977 applies to the reserve as if—

In addition, the Statutory Board may grant a concession over the reserve, or do anything else, under section 59A of the Reserves Act 1977 as if—

However, the following provisions of the Reserves Act 1977 do not apply to the Statutory Board as the administering body of the reserve:

For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), if part of the reserve is owned by any joint redress trustees, the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977 that apply to reserves vested in the Crown apply to the whole reserve regardless.

In this section and section 105, relevant provision means section 8(9), 23(3), 71(3), or 91 of the Reserves Act 1977.

This section applies to a Wairarapa Moana reserve no part of which is vested in the Crown.

The Reserves Act 1977 applies to the reserve,—

To avoid doubt, subsection (2)(b) means that, for those other purposes, provisions of the Reserves Act 1977 relating to administering bodies apply to the reserve unless they are expressly about reserves controlled and managed by, or vested in, the administering body.

In this section,—

The Statutory Board may exercise or perform, in relation to the Wairarapa Moana reserves, a power or function—

The powers and functions under the following provisions of the Reserves Act 1977 are excluded: sections 6(3), 14(4), 15(1), 15(3), 16(1) and (4), 24, 25(1), 41(1), 48(1), 48A(3), 51(1), 54(1), 55, 56(1) and (2), 58A(1), 59A, 67(1)(b), and 75(1) and (2).

The delegations apply to the Statutory Board—

Sections 78 to 81, 88, 89, and 90 of the Reserves Act 1977 do not apply in relation to a Wairarapa Moana reserve.

Any money payable under a concession or an authorisation granted over a Wairarapa Moana reserve under the Reserves Act 1977 or the Conservation Act 1987 is payable to the Statutory Board.

The Statutory Board must spend the money on achieving the overarching vision and desired outcomes set out in the overarching vision and desired outcomes document, despite anything in Part 4 of the Reserves Act 1977.

If a Wairarapa Moana reserve is affected by any interest in land when the Statutory Board becomes its administering body, the interest applies as if the Statutory Board were the grantor, or the grantee, as the case may be, of the interest in respect of the reserve, but only while the land remains part of a Wairarapa Moana reserve.

Any interest in land that affects a Wairarapa Moana reserve must be dealt with for the purposes of registration as if the Statutory Board were the registered owner of the reserve.

Subsections (1) and (2) continue to apply despite any transfer of the fee simple estate in a Wairarapa Moana reserve.

This section applies if a Wairarapa Moana reserve is subject to an interest (other than an interest in land) for which there is a grantor when the Statutory Board becomes its administering body, whether or not the interest also applies to land outside the reserve.

The interest applies as if the Statutory Board were the grantor of the interest in respect of the reserve.

The interest applies—

This section applies to an existing improvement other than—

During the 5 years from the start of the settlement date, the existing improvement may remain in or on the Wairarapa Moana reserve even if there is no concession or authorisation for it under the Reserves Act 1977 or the Conservation Act 1987.

However, the existing improvement may be used only in accordance with the Reserves Act 1977 and the Conservation Act 1987, including any requirement for a concession or authorisation.

This section applies to an existing improvement in or on a Wairarapa Moana reserve, other than a reserve that becomes a Wairarapa Moana reserve because of section 121 (for Council-owned reserves).

Certain applications relating to the existing improvement must be determined as if—

The applications are each application for a resource consent under the Resource Management Act 1991, or for a building consent under the Building Act 2004,—

The Crown must give written notice to the Statutory Board of an application to which this section applies as follows:

The existing Development Scheme may remain in or on the Wairarapa Moana reserves and Wairarapa Moana marginal strips.

Wellington Regional Council (the Council) may continue to operate the existing Development Scheme in the same manner as the Council operated it before the relevant date.

In addition, the Council retains any powers and responsibilities that it had, immediately before the relevant date, under the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 in relation to the existing Development Scheme.

Subsections (1) to (3) apply as if—

However, the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 applies without modification to any substantially new matter, such as making a new watercourse or new outfall for water, or erecting a new defence against water, under section 133(1)(c) of that Act.

The chief executive of the Council must make copies of the following available for inspection, free of charge, at the Council’s office in Wellington between 9 am and 5 pm on any working day:

To avoid doubt,—

In this section,—

The Crown retains existing liabilities in relation to—

The existing liabilities are any liabilities that the Crown has immediately before the settlement date arising from—

The Statutory Board, or a group of joint redress trustees, is liable for—

The Statutory Board is not liable for—

In all other respects, the Statutory Board is liable for all Wairarapa Moana reserves as if it were the owner of each reserve.

The joint redress trustees who are owners of any land in a Wairarapa Moana reserve are not liable for—

Subsection (1) overrides subsections (2) and (4).

If a reserve becomes a Wairarapa Moana reserve because of section 121, the relevant Council under that section retains existing liabilities in relation to the land in the reserve.

The existing liabilities are any liabilities arising from the following that the relevant Council has immediately before the date on which the reserve becomes a Wairarapa Moana reserve:

If the Statutory Board considers that it is unable to meet any liability it has in respect of a Wairarapa Moana reserve, it may request assistance from the Crown.

The Statutory Board must request assistance as early as practicable by giving written notice to the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Conservation, and the Minister for the Environment.

The Ministers must consider and reply to the request.

In their reply, the Ministers may, at their discretion,—

The appointers of the Statutory Board’s members have primary responsibility for operational management of the Wairarapa Moana reserves and Wairarapa Moana marginal strips.

The Statutory Board must hold a planning meeting each year.

At each planning meeting,—

The annual operational management programme must—

The annual operational management programme may—

A person or body has absolute discretion to decide on the type and amount of the funding it makes available for the management of the Wairarapa Moana reserves and Wairarapa Moana marginal strips, as identified in the annual operational management programme.

The management activities planned for the Wairarapa Moana reserves and Wairarapa Moana marginal strips need be implemented only to the extent that funding and other resources make it practicable.

The Statutory Board may directly fund special projects from any source of funds, including through a contestable process, and may engage third parties to undertake special projects in accordance with the annual operational management programme.

The Minister of Conservation (and not the Statutory Board) may authorise the taking and killing of any fish within any Wairarapa Moana reserve for commercial purposes.

The Minister may grant authorisation—

The Statutory Board (and not the Minister of Conservation) may authorise the taking and killing of any fish within any Wairarapa Moana reserve for purposes other than commercial purposes.

The Statutory Board may grant authorisation subject to any conditions, and must impose conditions (if any) that the Statutory Board considers necessary to achieve the purpose of the Statutory Board.

An authorisation under this section must be in writing.

This section overrides section 50 of the Reserves Act 1977 but only as that section relates to the taking and killing of fish.

However, any taking and killing of fish that is authorised by this section must still comply with any other relevant enactment, including—

The Statutory Board may consent to being appointed as the administering body of a reserve—

An appointment is made and takes effect on the day that the Minister of Conservation, by notice in the Gazette, declares the Statutory Board to be the administering body of the reserve for the purposes of the Reserves Act 1977.

A reserve for which the Statutory Board has been appointed as the administering body under this section becomes a Wairarapa Moana reserve under this Act.

Subsection (5) applies if the relevant Council—

The Minister of Conservation must, by notice in the Gazette, revoke the appointment.

On the date of the notice,—

The Statutory Board is the manager of the Wairarapa Moana marginal strips as if it were appointed under section 24H(1) of the Conservation Act 1987.