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

Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
Claims Settlement Preamble
New (unanimous)
(Bay of Plenty) have sought justice for these alleged Treaty
breaches since the raupatu. Throughout the 19th and 20th
centuries a number of Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
tangata have carried their grievance to the Crown through
petitions and in meetings with Crown officials in Kawerau,
Matatā, and in Wellington. The failure of the Crown to
redress these wrongs has also become a significant grievance
for Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty):
(38) Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) registered their raupatu
claim (Wai 62) in 1988, following a 1985 amendment to the
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 to allow the hearing of claims
back to 1840. The Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) claim
was heard by the Waitangi Tribunal at Hāhuru marae and at
other venues as part of the Eastern Bay of Plenty hearings
during the course of 1994 and 1995. At that time the Waitangi
Tribunal recognised the status of Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of
Plenty) as an independent group with ‘‘significant and compelling
claims’’ in the eastern Bay of Plenty area. The findings
of the Waitangi Tribunal in relation to the Eastern Bay of
Plenty hearings were released in October 1999:
(39) Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) submitted a deed of mandate
to the Crown in January 1998 and the Crown recognised
the mandate in March 1998. Negotiators were mandated at a
hui-a-iwi at Ngāti Umutahi marae, Matatā, and negotiations
with the Crown commenced:
(40) In August 1998, Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) presented
the Crown with a detailed statement of all the historical grievances
of the iwi prior to 1992 to be addressed alongside the
Wai 62 claim. The grievances that Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of
Plenty) presented included the ongoing impact of the raupatu
on Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty), subsequent alienation
of wrongly confiscated lands, the loss of use, control, and
benefits of these lands and resources including waterways.
The drainage of the Rangitaiki wetlands, loss of geothermal
resource (a key taonga of Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)),
and the impact on Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) of the
development of the Kawerau township and the pulp and paper
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