Tuhoe Claims Settlement and Te Urewera bills passed 24 Jul 2014
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Hon Christopher Finlayson
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Negotiations
24 July 2014
Tuhoe Claims Settlement and Te Urewera bills passed
The House sat under extended hours this morning to pass the third readings of the Tuhoe Claims Settlement Bill and the Te Urewera Bill, which together settle the historical grievances of Ngai Tuhoe and establish legal identity and new governance arrangements for Te Urewera.
“Today opens a new chapter for Tuhoe and for the Crown,” Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Christopher Finlayson said. “These bills settle the historical claims of Tuhoe, who suffered some of the worst breaches by the Crown in the country’s history, involving large scale confiscation, brutal military campaigns targeting Tuhoe settlements, and unjust land purchases.”
“The Tuhoe Claims Settlement Bill sets out Crown acknowledgements of this history for all New Zealanders to learn about and learn from,” Mr Finlayson said. “It enshrines in legislation an apology for the Crown’s grievous actions.”
“It also provides financial and cultural redress that will allow Tuhoe to build up their traditional homeland, develop opportunities for their people, and through the Mana Motuhake redress take a leadership role in delivering social services in their rohe. It is a new beginning for the relationship and for Tuhoe.”
The Te Urewera Bill is a central component of the settlement with Tuhoe. It will preserve the natural and cultural values of Te Urewera, strengthen the connection between Tuhoe and Te Urewera and provide for public access and recreation. This bill recognises that Te Urewera is treasured by Tuhoe people as their homeland and by the nation as a whole.
A new Te Urewera Board will be established to govern Te Urewera, develop and approve a ten-year management plan and to undertake landowner functions such as deciding on concessions and permissions to undertake certain activities in Te Urewera.
“I am grateful for the generosity of Tuhoe in reaching and accepting this settlement,” Mr Finlayson said.
The legislation was introduced an omnibus bill, the Te Urewera–Tuhoe Bill, but was split to allow the arrangements for Te Urewera to be set out in stand-alone legislation. The Te Urewera Bill is expected to take legal effect in late September.
Tuhoe Claims Settlement
Bill
The bill will settle the historical Treaty of
Waitangi claims of Tuhoe. The settlement includes financial
and commercial redress of approximately $170 million (which
includes Tuhoe’s share of the Central North Island
Forests Land Collective Settlement); Mana Motuhake redress
to improve relationships between Tuhoe and the Crown and
the delivery of government and iwi services in Tuhoe
communities; and the return of culturally significant sites
and other cultural redress.
Te Urewera Bill
The
Te Urewera Bill will replace the National Parks Act 1980 as
the primary legislation providing for the governance and
management of Te Urewera. It sets out the new arrangements
which will preserve Te Urewera for its cultural, historic
and natural values, as a source of Tuhoe identity, as well
as for the use and enjoyment of the public. The level of
protection given to Te Urewera under the new legislation
meets the International Union for Conservation of Nature
criteria for Category II Protected Area (National
Park).
The Crown will no longer own Te Urewera. Te Urewera will be established as a legal entity. The land that currently comprises Te Urewera National Park will be vested in the Te Urewera legal entity.
Te Urewera will governed by a new Board and managed by Tuhoe and the Department of Conservation. Operational activities will be coordinated by the parties through an agreed annual operational plan.
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