Treaty Settlements

Apology by Crown restoring relationship; acknowledgment of tribal relationship with Aoraki; suite of legal instruments expressing customary associations and mechanisms for Kāi Tahu participation in environmental management; perpetual Right-of-First-Refusal over Crown assets; Deferred Selection Pool of $250m in purchase options over 12 months

Raupatu settlement in 1995 addressing 1.2 million acres of wrongfully confiscated Waikato-Tainui lands; Waikato River Settlement in 2008; remaining claims still in negotiation for west coast harbours (Kaawhia, Aotea, Whaaingaroa, Manukau) and other outstanding matters

Te Pire Whakatupua Mō Te Kāhui Tupua (Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill) - Recognition of Taranaki Maunga as a legal person; Mount Egmont Vesting Act 1978 repealed; Egmont National Park renamed Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki; establishment of Te Kāhui Tupua legal entity and Te Tōpuni Kōkōrangi representative entity for conservation management

Crown Forest Land returned through Treaty Settlement; Ngāti Porou Relationship Accord established as part of Settlement

Cultural redress properties vested in fee simple including Taumata Property (Historic Reserve), Ngā Motu (islands), and other Crown properties available for acquisition at negotiated market value

Central North Island Forests Iwi Collective settlement including 176,000 hectares of CNI forest land (mana whenua to be determined), 25.9% of annual Crown Forest Licence fees until 2043, 3 million NZUs (carbon credits), preferential rights to buy Crown assets (DSP)

Recognition of Raukawa iwi through post-settlement governance entity; co-management of resources; protection of cultural sites and interests

Cultural redress properties to be vested, $530,000 cultural redress fund, $812,500 towards social accord implementation, $137,500 in recognition of historical and cultural associations of Te Rarawa with Te Oneroa-ā-Tōhē/Ninety Mile Beach, portion of $400,000 contribution to Te Oneroa-ā-Tōhē Beach Board

Transfer of 12 cultural redress sites including Ōmaru Reserve (40.6 hectares), Pāoa Whanake marae site (2 hectares), and other culturally significant sites; overlay classifications and statutory acknowledgements; $1.0 million for cultural purposes

Received settlement proceeds in accordance with Māori Fisheries Act 2004 (from 1 April 2006) including fishing quota allocation and shares in Aotearoa Fisheries Limited

Te Hora Marae, whenua at Titiraukawa and across Te Tauihu, Ministry of Education property interests, fisheries quota, marine farming interests, settlement housing

Te Uri o Hau Claims Settlement Act 2002 and Deed of Settlement 2000. Assets acquired through settlement including cultural redress properties Pukekāroro and Pukeāreinga maunga, marine and coastal claim redress.

Redress over Te Urewera and other cultural redress; redress in relation to Mana Motuhake; joint control over Te Urewera National Park with 6 trustees appointed by Tūhoe and 3 by Crown

Ngāti Pāhauwera Settlement Act passed 5 April 2012; compensation described as less than 2% of original land value; assets received for commercial and social development of beneficiaries

Freshwater rights (Wai Māori), land redress through Patunamu and Wharerata forests, and cultural site redress including Ngā Hua o Mōrere

Māori Fisheries Settlement assets including fish quota and income shares

Māori Fisheries Settlement 2005 - settlement quota shares and ACE

Commercial redress properties (4 forestry lands): Mangaōkewa Forest, Pirongia Forest, Pureora North Forest, Tawarau Forest. Quota shares under Maori Fisheries Settlement (settlement quota shares and normal quota shares). Ō-Rākau battle site (9.7 hectares) returned to descendants of Ngā Ahi e Toru (Maniapoto, Raukawa, Waikato) via Te Pire mō Ō-Rākau, Te Pae o Maumahara passed February 2025.

Port Nicholson Block Settlement - established as Post Settlement Governance Entity (PSGE) under 2009 Deed of Settlement with the Crown; includes governance over settlements, cultural assets, and treaty relationship

Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress (Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua) passed Parliament February 2025, establishing Te Tōpuni Ngārahu (collective entity of eight Taranaki iwi) and Te Tōpuni Kōkōrangi (co-governance entity)

Settlement assets held by KAHC including fisheries quota across 240 fishery stocks managed in accordance with Māori Fisheries Act 2004

Ownership of 14 lake beds (Tarawera, Tikitapu, Rotoituanui, Ngapoui, Tutaeinanga, Rotoiti, Okati, Rotoma, Rotomahana, Okaro, Rotorua, Okareka, Rerewhakaaitu, Ngahewa). Co-management arrangement with councils for water management. Te Arawa Lakes Fisheries Regulations 2006 establishing Te Komiti Whakahaere for sustainable management of taonga fisheries.

Fishing quota and shares received through Rongowhakaata Treaty of Waitangi Settlement

Settlement includes recognition of Raukawa rights and interests in rohe, co-governance arrangements with territorial authorities through Joint Management Agreements, and Raukawa participation in resource management and environmental decision-making

CNI Collective Forest Lands Settlement - transfer of nine Crown licensed forests and accumulated rentals; Māori Fisheries Act 2004 settlement with Te Ohu Kaimoana providing crayfish quota (1,526,500 units), paua quota (635,950 units), and fisheries settlement quota (123,699 units)

Te Awa Tupua Act 2017 recognizing Whanganui River as a living entity with its own legal rights and interests. Settlement includes Te Awa Tupua concept: 'I am the River and the River is me' (Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au). Recognition of iwi and hapū inalienable connection with and responsibility to Te Awa Tupua and its health and well-being.

Ten cultural redress properties transferred to the Rūnanga: Onaero Site, Pukemiro Site, Te Rau O Te Huia Pā Site, Ngapapa Site, Urenui Site, Te Urenui Pā Site, Okoki Pā Site, Okoki Pā Historic Reserve, Onaero Domain Recreation Reserve, and Urenui Domain Recreation Reserve. Māori fisheries settlement quota for inshore and deep sea fishing.