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

Preamble
Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
Claims Settlement
New (unanimous)
industry were also stated to be grievances of Ngāti
Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty):
(41) Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) and the Crown signed
terms of negotiation on 8 September 1998 which specified the
scope, objectives, and general procedures for negotiations:
(42) Under the terms of negotiation, the mandated negotiators
confirmed to the Crown that they had a mandate to represent
Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) in negotiations with the
Crown for settlement of all the historical claims:
(43) Substantive negotiations between the Crown and Ngāti
Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) began in October 1998. These
negotiations addressed all the historical grievances raised by
Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) including the native land
laws, individualisation of title, and public works legislation.
The Crown and Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) agreed on
the scope of the total redress package in December 2000, and
the Crown made a settlement offer in January 2001:
(44) The Crown and Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) initialled a
deed of settlement on 22 October 2002. Ngāti Tuwharetoa
(Bay of Plenty) ratified the Crown’s settlement offer and
entered into a deed of settlement on 6 June 2003 recording
matters to give effect to a full and final settlement of all the
historical claims of Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty):
The Parliament of New Zealand therefore enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) Claims
Settlement Act 2004.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it
receives the Royal assent.
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