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Ngāti Tara TokanuiDEED OF SETTLEMENT

RATIFICATION INFORMATION BOOKLET

23 JUNE 2017-21 JULY 2017

Ko Te Aroha me Moehau nga MaungaKo Tīkapa te MoanaKo Ohinemuri te AwaKo Ngahutoitoi te MaraeKo Hauraki te whenua

CONTENTSMihimihi 4Overview 4Ngāti Tara Tokanui Area of Interest 5Crown Offer 6 Historical redress 6 Crown acknowledgements and apology 6 Summary of the historical account 6 Cultural redress 7 SitesvestedinNgātiTaraTokanui 7 SitesjointlyvestedinNgātiTaraTokanuiandotheriwi 7 Whenuarāhui 7 Statutory acknowledgements 7 StatementofassociationwithMoehauandTeAroha 7 Protocolsandrelationshipagreement 7 Promotionofrelationships 7 Cultural redress payment 7 Vestingofminerals 7 Harbours and Hauraki Gulf 7 Financial and commercial redress 8Eligibility to Vote 8Voting Process 8 Votingmethods 8 Resolution 8 Special votes 9Ratification Information Hui 9What Happens if the Deed of Settlement is Ratified 9 Iwi Website Contact 9

Ko Te Aroha me Moehau nga MaungaKo Tīkapa te MoanaKo Ohinemuri te AwaKo Ngahutoitoi te MaraeKo Hauraki te whenua

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Ngāti Tara TokanuiDeed of Settlement Ratification Information Booklet

MIhIMIhI

OvERvIEwOn 29 June 2011, the Crown recognised the mandate oftheNgātiTaraTokanuinegotiatorstonegotiateacomprehensivesettlementofthehistoricalTreatyclaimsofNgātiTaraTokanuiwiththeCrown.ThemandatednegotiatorsandtheCrownenteredintoanagreementinprincipleequivalenton22July2011.On31May2017,NgātiTaraTokanuiandtheCrowninitialledaDeedofSettlement.

NgātiTaraTokanuiisamemberofthePareHaurakiCollectiveandwillalsoreceivecollectiveredressthroughthePareHaurakiCollectiveRedressDeedwhichwasapprovedinFebruaryandMarch2017.DetailsaboutthePareHaurakiCollectiveRedressDeedcanbeviewedontheNgātiTaraTokanuiwebsiteatwww.ngatitaratokanui.maori.nz.

TheratificationprocessoutlinedinthisbookletfocussesonNgātiTaraTokanui-specificnegotiations.

TheNgātiTaraTokanuigovernanceentity,theNgātiTara

TokanuiTrust,wasratifiedandestablishedin2013toreceiveandmanageTreatysettlementsassetsonbehalfofthemembersofNgātiTaraTokanui.

AsthefinalstepofourTreatysettlementjourney,wenowseekyourapprovaloftheCrownofferasitrelatesspecificallytoNgātiTaraTokanui.ThisbookletsummarisesthesettlementredressprovidedthroughtheNgātiTaraTokanuiDeedofSettlement.

VotingisnowopentoallregisteredmembersofNgātiTaraTokanuiontheNgātiTaraTokanuiDeedofSettlement.

TheinformationcontainedinthisbookletandthedocumentationavailableontheNgātiTaraTokanuiwebsite,inadditiontotheupcomingratificationinformationHui,willallowvoterstomakeaninformeddecision.

TheNgātiTaraTokanuiareaofinterestisshownonthefollowingmap.

Kei ngā pātaka iringa kāmehamehaKei ngā taonga tūmatangaingai o ngā ripa tauārai o HaurakiTēnā rā tātou katoaMokori anō te waihape atu ki ērā kupu i whakatakotohia e ngā mumu whatukura, e ngā mumu māreikura e mihi ana ki te whenua e tangi ana ki te tangatanā reira ka waiho rātou ki a rātou, ko tātou te hunga ora ki a tātou, tēnā hoki tātou katoa

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NgāTI TARA TOKANUI AREA OF INTEREST

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CROwN OFFERTheNgātiTaraTokanuiDeedofSettlementcontainsthefollowing key redress:

• Historical redress;• Cultural redress; and• Financial and commercial redress.

Historical redressThehistoricalredressincludesaCrownacknowledgementsofitsTreatybreaches,aCrownapologytoNgātiTaraTokanuiandanagreedhistoricalaccount.

Crown acknowledgements and apology

TheDeedofSettlementcontainsacknowledgementsthathistoricalCrownactionsoromissionscausedprejudicetoNgātiTaraTokanuiorbreachedtheTreatyofWaitangianditsprinciples.

TheDeedofSettlementalsoincludesaCrownapologytoNgātiTaraTokanuiforitsactsandomissionswhichreacheditsobligationsundertheTreatyofWaitangiandforthedamagethoseactionscausedtoNgātiTaraTokanui.TheseincludethepromotionoflawsandpoliciesinNewZealandthatledtothealienationofNgātiTaraTokanuiland,causedenvironmentaldamagetotheWaihouandOhinemuriRivers,erodedNgātiTaraTokanuitribalstructuresanddislocatedthemfromtheirpāandkāinga.TheCrownfailedtoupholditsobligationsunderTeTiritioWaitangi/theTreatyofWaitangiandcausedphysicalandspiritualhardshipthatisdeeplyfeltbyNgātiTaraTokanuitoday.

Summary of the historical account

NgātiTaraandNgātiTokanuihaddistinctwhakapapabutwerejoinedovermanygenerationsthroughintermarriageandtogethercreatedtheiwiknowntodayasNgātiTaraTokanui.Duringthe19thcentury,NgātiTararangatiradescribedthemselvesprimarilyasNgātiKoi.

Between1865and1868,theCrownconfiscated290,000acresoflandaroundTauranga.Allcustomaryinterestsinthislandwereextinguished,althoughtheCrownreturnedmostofthedistricttootherMāori,andretained50,000acres.NgātiTaraTokanuihadinterestsinlandsthatwereincludedintheconfiscation.In1864theCrownpurchasedfromanotheriwisomeofthelandintheKatikatiandTePunablocks.NgātiKoilandswereincludedinthesetransactions.TheCrownacknowledged the interests of other iwi in subsequent negotiations,butNgātiKoihadnolandreturnedanddonotappear to have signed the sale deeds or to have been paid by theCrown.

InDecember1868,NgātiTaraTokanuirangatirawereamongthose who signed an agreement with the Crown to establish agoldfieldatOhinemuri.In1870NgātiTaraTokanuirangatiraTeKeepaRaharuhiappliedtotheNativeLandCourtforatitleinvestigationfortheOwharoainordertoallowgoldmining.TheCourtawardedOwharoatoNgātiTaraTokanui.

TheiwiaccumulateddebtsthroughtheNativeLandCourtprocess, and by 1875 six of Owharoa’s seven owners had sold theirintereststoprivatebuyers.Furthersalestookplaceinthe1880sand1890s.Today,justtwoacresofNgātiTaraTokanui’soriginalholdingsintheOwharoablocksremaininMāoriownership.

From1872,aCrownagentbeganmakingpre-titleadvancesto individuals he deemed to have interests in the Ohinemuri block.In1875,theCrownrealisedthatitwasnotgoingtobeable to obtain the agreement of enough owners to purchase theOhinemuriblock,anditnegotiatedaleaseinstead.Amongthe 88 individuals who signed the lease were at least eight membersoftheiwi.TheCrownappliedalltherentalincometo the repayment of advances despite not all of the owners havingacceptedtheseadvances.Asaresult,NgātiTaraTokanuididnotreceiveanyincomefromgoldminingintheirrohe.

Between1877and1882,aCrownofficialagainmadeadvancepayments to individuals he deemed to have interests in Ohinemuri.BecausetheCrownhadproclaimedmonopolypowersoverOhinemuri,Māorihadnooptionofalienatingtheirlandtoprivatepartiesiftheyneededtoselltheirland.In1882theNativeLandCourtawardedtheCrown31,714acresinOhinemuri17.Theremaining3,746-acreOhinemuri17Ablockwenttothenon-sellers(includingTeKeepa).Some1,170acresandthreewāhitapusiteswerereservedforNgātiKoi,halfthereservestheythoughttheyhadbeenpromised.AfterfurtherCrownpurchases,by1896NgātiTaraTokanuiwereleftwithapproximately2,500acresofland.

In 1895, the Crown authorised the discharge of mine tailings intotheWaihouandOhinemuriRivers,includingcyanide-treatedwaste.In1900aCrownofficialestimatedthatabout300MāoripeopleneededanalternativewatersupplybecausetheOhinemuririverwas‘polluted’and‘unfitforeitherhuman,oranimalconsumption’.

In1902,TeKeepaandotherMāoriprotestedthatthedischarge of mining waste into the rivers silted up the river beds,causingfloodingandextensivecropdamage.TheCrowneventuallyinitiatedanumberofschemestotryandcontroltheflooding,resultinginsignificantchangestotheWaihou and Ohinemuri Rivers and their tributaries and thesurroundinglandsfromwhichNgātiTaraTokanuihadtraditionallydrawnresources.

ThewetlandareasoftheHaurakiplainswereasignificantsourceoffoodandresourcesforNgātiTaraTokanui.Intheearly 1900s, the Crown established the Hauraki Plains drainage schemetodraintheswampanddevelopitforfarming.Theschemewasfurtherexpandedinthe1930s.From1978to1995,landwhichNgātiTaraTokanuihadtraditionallyoccupiedwastakenunderthePublicWorksActforworksrelatedtothedrainagescheme.Ofthe2,500acresNgātiTaraTokanuiretainedat1896,only232acresremainasMāorifreeholdlandtoday.

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Cultural redressThisredressrecognisesthelossessufferedbyNgātiTaraTokanuiarisingfrombreachesbytheCrownofitsTreatyobligations.Theculturalredresspackagerecognisesthespiritual,cultural,ancestral,customary,traditionalandhistoricalassociationsofNgātiTaraTokanuiwithplacesandsitesownedbytheCrown.

Sites vested in Ngāti Tara Tokanui

SevensitesofculturalsignificancewillbevestedinfeesimpleinNgātiTaraTokanui:

• KepaPlace(0.23ha);

• NgāUreTara(0.44ha)

• MimituPā(180.48ha)subjecttoaconservationcovenant;

• TePouoTikiTeAroha(1.48ha)asascenicreserve;

• Tawhitiaraia(261ha)asascenicreserveandsubjecttoeasements;

• Ngāmarama(2.96ha)asarecreationreserve;and

• NgātiKoiDomain(54.13ha)asarecreationreserveandjointlyadministeredwiththeHaurakiDistrictCouncil.

Sites jointly vested in Ngāti Tara Tokanui and other iwi

ThefollowingsitesofculturalsignificancewillbevestedinfeesimpleinNgātiTaraTokanuiandotheriwiofHauraki:

• TannersPointproperty(0.20ha)willbejointlyvestedinNgātiTaraTokanuiandHako;and

• KarangahakeTihi(10ha)willbejointlyvestedinNgātiTaraTokanui,HakoandNgātiTamaterā,subjecttoaneasementandconservationcovenant.

Whenua rāhui

Anoverlayclassification(knownasWhenuaRāhui)willbeprovidedovertheKarangahakeScenicReserve.AWhenuaRāhuiacknowledgesthetraditional,cultural,spiritualandhistoricalassociationofNgātiTaraTokanuiwithcertainsitesofsignificance.ThedeclarationofanareaasanoverlayclassificationprovidesfortheCrowntoacknowledgeiwivaluesinrelationtothatarea.

Statutory acknowledgements

Theredresspackagewillincludetheprovisionofastatutoryacknowledgement over a range of sites and rivers and tributariesofsignificancetoNgātiTaraTokanui.AstatutoryacknowledgementrecognisestheassociationbetweenNgātiTaraTokanuiandaparticularsiteorareaandenhancestheiwi’sabilitytoparticipateinspecifiedresourcemanagementprocesses.

Statement of association with Moehau and Te Aroha

TheDeedofSettlementwillacknowledgethatNgātiTaraTokanuihasassociationswith,andassertscertainspiritual,cultural,historicalandtraditionalvaluesinrelationto,theMoehaumaungaandTeArohamaunga.

Protocols and relationship agreement

TheDeedofSettlementwillprovidefortheChiefExecutiveoftheMinistryforCultureandHeritageandtheMinisterforPrimary Industries to issue protocols that set out how their respectiveagencywillinteractwithandconsulttheNgātiTaraTokanuigovernanceentitywhencarryingoutstatutorydutiesandfunctions.

TheNgātiTaraTokanuigovernanceentitywillenterintoaconservationrelationshipagreementwiththeDepartmentofConservationthatwilloutlinehowtheDepartmentofConservationwillengagewithNgātiTaraTokanui.

Promotion of relationships

TheMinisterforTreatyofWaitangiNegotiationswillwritetoanumberoflocalauthorities,CrownagenciesandentitiestoraisetheprofileofNgātiTaraTokanui,advisethemofmattersofparticularimportancetotheiwiandprovideaplatformforbetterengagementwiththeiwi.

Cultural redress payment

TheCrownwillpaytheNgātiTaraTokanuigovernanceentitythefollowingamountsonsettlementdate:

• $100,000towardstheculturalrevitalisationofNgātiTaraTokanui;and

• $344,166toenablethepurchasebythegovernanceentityofthreepropertiesfromtheHaurakicollectivecommercialentity.

Vesting of minerals

IwiwilltakeownershipofanyCrown-ownedmineralsfoundinlandtransferredtothem.Thisdoesnotincludemineralscoveredbysection10oftheCrownMineralsAct1991(i.e.petroleum,gold,silveranduranium).

AlllandwhichiscurrentlysubjecttoSchedule4protectionwillcontinuetobesubjecttothesametypeofprotectiononceownedbyiwi.

Harbours and Hauraki Gulf

TheCrownandNgātiTaraTokanuihaveagreedtoconductseparatenegotiationsinthefuturetodiscusspotentialculturalredressinrelationtoTikapaMoana/theHaurakiGulfandTeTaiTamahine/TeTaiTamawahine.

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Financial and commercial redressThisredressrecognisesthelossessufferedbyNgātiTaraTokanuiarisingfrombreachesbytheCrownofitsTreatyobligations.ThefinancialandcommercialredressisaimedatprovidingNgātiTaraTokanuiwithresourcestoassistthemtodeveloptheireconomicandsocialwell-being.

Thetotalvalueofthefinancialandcommercialredressinthissettlementis$6million.Thisincludes:

• $4.1millionalreadyreceivedinon-accountpayments;and

• thebalanceof$1.9milliontobetransferredonsettlementdate.

Thecommercialredressincludestherighttopurchase,fortwoyearsafterthesettlementdate,thePaeroaCollegeSchoolsite(landonly)subjecttoitslease-backtotheCrown.Intheeventthat the school site becomes surplus to Crown’s requirements, theCrownmaygivewrittennoticetothegovernanceentityadvising it that the school site is no longer available for selectionbythegovernanceentity.

vOTINg PROCESSThereisafour-weekvotingperiodbeginningon23June2017andendingon21July2017.Tobecounted,votesmustbereceivedby12.00noonon21July2017,orbyenvelopedate-stamped21July2017bythePostofficeandreceivedwithinfivedaysof21July2017.

Voting methodsEligiblemembersofNgātiTaraTokanuihavethreewaystovote:

• E-vote(viatheiwiwebsites–seebelow);

• Post(usingtheenclosedfree-postenvelope);or

• Ballotbox(availableatalltheratificationinformationhui).

ResolutionTheresolutiontobevotedonbyeligiblemembersoftheiwiofNgātiTaraTokanuiis:

I support the Ngāti Tara Tokanui Deed of Settlement

TheNgātiTaraTokanuiDeedofSettlementisavailableatwww.ngātitaratokanui.maori.nzaswellaswww.govt.nz/treaty-settlement-documents/ngati-tara-tokanui/.

AhardcopyoftheNgātiTaraTokanuiDeedofSettlementwillbe available for viewing at the 9 July 2017 and 16 July 2017 RatificationHuitobeheldatNgāhutoitoiMaraeat6pm.

ELIgIBILITY TO vOTEAllNgātiTaraTokanuiregisteredadultmembers(aged18yearsorolder)canvote.Registeredmemberswhoturn18yearsoldduringthevotingperiodarealsoeligibletovote.

Tobeeligibletoregister,youmustwhakapapatoaNgātiTaraTokanuitupuna.

Eventhoughtheywillnotbeeligibletovoteatthistime,weencourageyoutoregisterallyourwhānau,includingtamarikiandmokopunaunder18yearsold.

Personalvotingdetails,andallvotes,aretreatedinstrictestconfidence.Allvotingpaperswillbedestroyed90daysafterthecloseofvoting.

If someone you know is not registered with their iwipleaseencouragethemtoenrolbeforevotingclosesbycontacting:electionz.com,theindependentvotingcompany(toll-freeelectionhelplinenumber-0800666041/[email protected]);ortheiriwiwebsite.

Peoplewillalsobeabletoregisterattheratificationinformationhuiandvotethroughthespecialvoteprocess.

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Special votesSpecialvotescanbecastatanyoftheratificationinformationhuiorbycontactingelectionz.com,theindependentelectioncompany(toll-freeelectionhelplinenumber-0800666041/[email protected]).

Votersmustcompleteaspecialvotingformifthey:

• turn18yearsduringthevotingperiod;or

• enrolasaniwimemberduringthevotingperiod.

RATIFICATION INFORMATION hUIRatificationinformationhuiarebeingheldduringthevotingperiodbetween23June2017and21July2017toprovideNgātiTaraTokanuiwithinformation(inadditiontotheinformationavailableinthevoterpacksandwebsites)andto enable iwi members to make an informed decision when votingontheNgātiTaraTokanuiDeedofSettlement.

WeurgeNgātiTaraTokanuitoattendthefollowingratificationinformationhui:

• Ngāhutoitoi Marae, Paeroa – 9 July 2017 11.00am

• Ngāhutoitoi Marae, Paeroa – 16 July 2017 11.00am

whAT hAPPENS IF ThE DEED OF SETTLEMENT IS RATIFIEDTheratificationvoteswillbecountedbyelectionz.com(theindependentelectioncompany)andtheresultsprovidedtoNgātiTaraTokanui,andthentotheCrown.

Personalvotingdetails,andallvotes,aretreatedinstrictestconfidence.Allvotingpaperswillbedestroyed90daysafterthecloseofvoting.

IftheCrownconsidersthereissufficientsupportfortheNgātiTaraTokanuiDeedofSettlement,representativesofNgātiTaraTokanuiandtheCrownwillsigntheNgātiTaraTokanuiDeedofSettlement.

SettlementlegislationtoimplementtherelevantelementsoftheDeedofSettlementwillsubsequentlybeintroducedintoParliament.Thelegislativestepsgenerallytakearound12monthstocompleteandwillincludeaselectcommitteeprocess.

Ifyouwantfurtherinformation,additionalvotingpacks,orwish to register, contact:

• electionz.com(toll-freeelectionhelplinenumber-0800666041/[email protected]);or

• youriwi.

Iwi Website ContactNgātiTaraTokanuiwww.ngātitaratokanui.maori.nz

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