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Introduction

The Board of Inquiry hearing the Proposed National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management requested a report on all relevant Treaty settlements or Deeds of Settlement that may have implications for the Proposed National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, and particularly those that give direction to functionaries under the Resource Management Act 1991.

This report collates sections, that may be relevant, from Treaty settlement legislation, Deeds of Settlement, and Protocols developed under Treaty Settlements.

The following 11 groups have completed settlements (with legislation) in which sections may have implications for the Proposed National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management:

  • Ngāi Tahu

  • Pouakani

  • Te Uri o Hau

  • Ngāti Ruanui

  • Ngāti Tama

  • Ngāti Awa

  • Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)

  • Ngā Rauru Kītahi

  • Te Arawa Lakes Trust

  • Ngāti Mutunga

  • Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and Hapū

The following three groups have Deeds of Settlement (but are awaiting legislation) in which sections may have implications for the Proposed National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management:

  • Waikato-Tainui (River Settlement)

  • Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika

  • Ngāti Apa

The sections that may be relevant are detailed in five categories below:

  • The Waikato River Settlement

  • Vesting of lake beds

  • Protocols

  • Statutory acknowledgements

  • Deeds of Recognition

 

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