More “partnerships” (by the look of it) and redress of over $30 million in Treaty settlement with Bay of Plenty tribe
Point of Order has waited until now – 3.45pm – for today’s officially posted government announcements. There have been none.
The only addition to the news on the Beehive’s website was posted later yesterday, after we had published our September 26 Buzz report.
It came from the office of the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Settlements, Andrew Little, and entails government expenditure – or rather, redress – of more than $30 million.
And (although the press statement doesn’t use the expression) it extends the Crown-Maori “partnerships” that have proliferated in the past six years.
These will be effected through natural resource and conservation arrangements over the Raukūmara Range, including “a joint Conservation Management Strategy”, and “a joint relationship agreement with core Crown agencies”.
And (although the press statement doesn’t use the expression) it extends the Crown-Maori “partnerships” that have proliferated in the past six years.
These will be effected through natural resource and conservation arrangements over the Raukūmara Range, including “a joint Conservation Management Strategy”, and “a joint relationship agreement with core Crown agencies”.
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26 SEPTEMBER 2023
Kua waitohua e Te Whānau a Apanui me te Karauna i tētahi Whakaaetanga Whakataunga hei whakamihi i ō rātou tāhuhu kerēme Tiriti o Waitangi.
Andrew Little says Te Whānau a Apanui and the Crown have initialled a deed of settlement in recognition of their historical Treaty of Waitangi claims.
Te Whānau a Apanui has 12 hapū and a population of approximately 13,000 people with their area of interest being between Hawai and Pōtikirua in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.
“This deed reflects the importance and interconnectedness between the whenua (land), the wai (water) and the moana (sea) to Te Whanau a Apanui whakapapa and identity.
“The package recognises the centrality of hapū to Te Whānau a Apanui, and the importance of te ao tūroa (the natural world), including the Raukumara Range and surrounding moana.”
The Deed includes a Crown apology, an agreed historical account as well as financial and cultural redress for historical breaches of te Tiriti that caused harm to Te Whānau a Apanui.
The redress package includes
- The reservation of 5,000 hectares of marine space for aquaculture
- More than $30 million financial, cultural, and commercial redress
- Twelve sites of cultural significance
- Bespoke Te Ao Tūroa natural resource and conservation arrangements over the Raukūmara Range, including a joint Conservation Management Strategy
- Takutai Moana rights which deliver on aspects of the 2008 Heads of Agreement signed under the former Foreshore and Seabed Act
- A joint relationship agreement with core Crown agencies
Te Whānau a Apanui will now consider the settlement package and whether to ratify the Te Whanau a Apanui Deed of Settlement.
A copy of the Deed of Settlement will be made available here.
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