Treaty negotiations
The Treaty information is separated into a number of webpages as follows:
This page has introduction information
Background information >> MORE
Treaty Claims Iwi Consultation 2008 >> MORE
Make up of Te Rarawa historical Treaty claims -
Settlement Agreement in Principle
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Te Rarawa Historical Treaty Claims Settlement AIP - What happens next >> MORE
Introduction
Monday 6 July 2009, 6.15 pm to 9 pm, TelstraClear Pacific, Manukau City, Auckland, For more information on the details of the Crown offer, check out the Forum website here
To view the Te Hiku AIP on the Office of Treaty Settlements website, click here then on Documents; then Agreements and Offers; then Te Hiku Agreement in Principle.
On 7 September 2007, the Te Rarawa historical Treaty claims settlement Agreement in Principle (AIP) between the Crown and Te Rarawa Negotiators was signed by over 80 people at Panguru.
The AIP outlined the framework of a settlement package covering 17 Te Rarawa-specific claims (and numerous other claims in which Te Rarawa shares an interest with other iwi), and a geographical area of over 300,000 acres - including three harbours and nearly 70,000 acres of conservation estate.
The Status of Te Rarawa’s Agreement in Principle in 2010
The 2007 Te Rarawa AIP also included a provision (standard in all AIPs) that, before a Te Rarawa Deed of Settlement (DoS) can be concluded, the Crown redress offered to Te Rarawa was contingent on shared (or overlapping) iwi interests being addressed (ref AIP, clause 10.3).
In recognition of this requirement, the five iwi of Muriwhenua established Te Hui Toopu o Te Hiku o Te Ika Forum in June 2008 (the Forum) to negotiate a DoS with the Crown over the overlapping Historical Treaty Claims settlement interests of Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāti Kuri and Ngāti Kahu.
The Forum’s negotiations with the Crown resulted in a Te Hiku AIP (signed 16 January 2010) which affected the redress offered in Te Rarawa’s 2007 AIP (for more on the Forum and the Te Hiku AIP, see below). This means that the settlement of the Te Rarawa Historical Treaty Claims will comprise two Deeds of Settlement: (1) a Te Rarawa-specific DoS, and (2) those aspects in a Te Hiku DoS that Te Rarawa holds overlapping iwi interests in.
Te Rarawa is now in the process of negotiating a new iwi-specific AIP with the Crown that takes into account changes that need to be made given the HikuForum 2010 AIP. Stay tuned for updates!
Te Hui Topu o Te Hiku o Te Ika Iwi Forum
The Forum was established in June 2008 to deal with the overlapping Historical Treaty Claims interests of the five Muriwhenua iwi. The Forum is made up of up to three representatives from each of the following groups:
- Te Aupouri Treaty Negotiators
- Ngai Takoto-a-iwi (Research Group)
- Te Runanga o Te Rarawa
- Te Runanga-a-iwi o Ngāti Kahu
- Ngāti Kuri Trust Board
The Forum’s focus has been to develop solutions for common interests in relation to:
- The Aupouri Crown Forest lands and rentals.
- Te Oneroa-a-Tohe/ 90 Mile Beach.
- Other interests as agreed, which now includes Crown-owned farms, certain commercial properties, Rights of First Refusal over Crown properties and Conservation Estate lands, Te Ara Wairua, Te Rerenga Wairua, and a Social Accord with the Crown.
The Forum has worked hard over the past 18 months negotiating an AIP with the appointed Crown Chief Negotiator, Pat Snedden. The Te Hiku AIP was eventually signed on 16 January 2010, at Roma marae, Ahipara.
For more information about the Hiku Forum, click here
To view the Te Hiku AIP on the Office of Treaty Settlements website, click here then on Documents; then Agreements and Offers; then Te Hiku Agreement in Principle.
Background information >> MORE
Make up of Te Rarawa historical Treaty claims -
Settlement Agreement in Principle
>> MORE
Te Rarawa Historical Treaty Claims Settlement AIP - What happens next >> MORE
