Ng¯ati Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) Claims Settlement Bill

Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
Claims Settlement Preamble
New (unanimous)
whānui o te whakatika hapa ā, nō te marama o Hānuere o te
tau 2001 whakatakotoria ai e te Karauna tana tāpaetanga:
(44) I te 22 o Oketopa 2002 ka whakaretangia e te Karauna me
Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) he whakaaetanga o ngā
whakataunga. Ka tatū i te Karauna me Ngāti Tuwharetoa
(Bay of Plenty) taua whakaaetanga o ngā whakataunga i te 6 o
Hune 2003, e whakatatū ana i ngā take katoa e tika ana kia
whakatauria tuturutia te katoa o ngā kerēme o neherā o te iwi
o Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty):
Background
(1) The Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi), as set out in
English and in Māori in the First Schedule of the Treaty of
Waitangi Act 1975, was signed in 1840:
(2) Recitals (3) to (44) of this Preamble present, in summary form,
the background to the Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
historical claims that is set out in the deed of settlement
entered into by Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) and the
Crown:
Historical account
(3) The acknowledgements and the apology from the Crown to
Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) is based on the following
historical account:
Rohe of Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
Ko Pūtauaki te Maunga, Ko Te Takanga i ō Apa te Awa, Ko
Te Aotahi te Tangata, Ko Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
te Iwi:
(4) Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) describe their rohe as running
from Ōtamarākau following the Waitahanui Stream to
Ōtari to Motuotara to Maungawhakamana to Ngārararua in
Haehaenga territory to Kākahuoteritenga to Waikareao to
Maraetahia to Monehu to Ōkorotere to Panepane to Pūtauaki
to Tāhuna to Rākeihopukia to Wahieroa to Rurima to
Ōtamarākau. The rohe of Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
as described extends beyond the confiscation lines. The
Rangitaiki and Tarawera rivers are the major rivers within the
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