The Māori Affairs Committee is calling for public
submissions on the Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana Claims
Settlement Bill.
The bill proposes to enact the
cultural, financial, and commercial redress agreed in the
Treaty settlement signed between the Crown and Ngāti
Ruapani mai Waikaremoana on 25 February 2026. This includes
returning properties at Kaitawa and Turio Kahu to the
iwi. The bill would also add large areas of land to Te
Urewera, and it sets out how existing rights and access
arrangements on that land would continue.
The bill
would allow certain commercial redress properties to be
transferred to the iwi’s trustees and create a 185year
right of first refusal over certain other Crownowned
land. The bill would also finalise the settlement by
settling all historical claims.
The bill also records
the Crown’s acknowledgements and its formal apology to
Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana for the historical actions
that caused deep and longlasting loss of land, autonomy,
and wellbeing for the iwi.
The Māori Affairs
Committee may consider travelling to the Ngāti Ruapani mai
Waikaremoana rohe to hear submissions on this bill. You may
wish to bear this in mind when indicating whether you would
like to make an oral submission on this bill.
This
bill is available online from the ‘Related links’
panel.
Tell the Māori Affairs Committee what you
think.
Make a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on
Friday 10 April 2026.
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bill:
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