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Tāmaki Collective Deed of Settlement & PSGE Ratification Information Hui. 16-20 July 2012. Information Hui - Purpose. Discuss: Crown’s Tāmaki Makaurau collective settlement offer Proposed collective PSGEs Facilitate questions and answers Enable in-person voting .
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Tāmaki Collective Deed of Settlement & PSGE Ratification Information Hui 16-20 July 2012
Information Hui - Purpose • Discuss: • Crown’s TāmakiMakaurau collective settlement offer • Proposed collective PSGEs • Facilitate questions and answers • Enable in-person voting
Information Hui - Housekeeping • Voting & iwi/hapū registration • Crown observers • Media presence • Post hui completion - kai & iwi PSGE hui • OSH
Information Hui – Presentation Scope I. Introduction and background II. Crown Treaty redress offer III. Collective Post Settlement Governance Entities IV. Next Steps V. Ratification process VI. Question and answer session
THE TĀMAKI COLLECTIVE DEED OF SETTLEMENT & PSGE PROPOSAL I. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND
Crown Treaty Negotiations Page 6
TāmakiMakaurau Historical Treaty Claims • 13 iwi/hapū with historical Treaty claims in TāmakiMakaurau • Parallel and separate Treaty negotiations: • Iwi/hapū specific • Collective (shared interests) • Collective settlement part of overall redress for each tribe
THE TĀMAKI COLLECTIVE DEED OF SETTLEMENT & PSGE PROPOSAL II. CROWN TREATY REDRESS OFFER
Status of Crown Redress Offer • CULTURAL • COMMERCIAL • HARBOURS
Cultural Redress • “to have taonga returned and protected under the kaitiakitanga of Ngā Mana Whenua o TāmakiMakaurau who will have a direct partnership with their governance and management” Page 14
Cultural Redress - Summary • Maunga redress • Motu redress • Customary name changes
Maunga Redress Page 16
MaungaVestings – The Super 14 Matukutūruru Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill Maungarei / Mount Wellington Maungauika Maungawhau / Mount Eden Mount Albert Mount Roskill ~ 215 hectares Mount St John Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson Ōhuiarangi / Pigeon Mountain Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond Rarotonga / Mount Smart Takarunga / Mount Victoria Te Tātua a Riukiuta
Maunga – Iwi/Hapū Recognition • For each maunga, each iwi/hapū can: • Have their tribal name recorded on the computer freehold register to recognise customary interests • Record a tribal statement of customary association in the Collective Deed of Settlement • Undertake authorised cultural activities
Maunga – Building Ownership • Maungauika – Summit Barracks, Stone Kitchen & Water Tank • Ōhinerau – Mt Hobson Flats & Out Building • Matukutūruru – Rumney Cottage
Maunga – Co-Governance • TūpunaMaunga o TāmakiMakaurau Authority • Manawhenua will: • Have 6 of the 12 seats (2 seats per rōpū) • Chair the Statutory Authority • Statutory Authority governs decision-making and management of the maunga
Maunga – Co-Governance • Statutory Authority has delegations to make decisions otherwise made by Minister of Conservation • An integrated management plan will be prepared for the maunga
Maunga – Separate Regimes • Maungauika (ongoing DoC role) • Maungakiekie ‘Northern Area’ (co-governance) • Rarotonga (ownership) • Mount Mangere (co-governance)
Motu – Permanent Vesting Areas • Rangitoto tihi – Ngā Pona Toru a Peretū (55.4 ha) • Rangitoto – Bach 80 (.5 ha) • Rangitoto – Islington Bay Hall (.4 ha)
Motu – Permanent Vesting Areas IWI/HAPŪ RECOGNITION • For each permanent vesting area, each iwi/hapū can: • Have their tribal name recorded on the computer freehold register to recognise customary interests • Record a tribal statement of customary association in the Collective Deed of Settlement
Motu – Permanent Vesting Areas BUILDING OWNERSHIP • Bach 80 - Islington Bay • Bach ownership • Right to construct spiritual/cultural wānanga centre • Islington Bay Hall - rights to: • Use existing hall • Erect permanent symbolic structures • Place temporary / moveable structures
Motu – Vestings and Vestings Back • Motuihe / Motutapu / Rangitoto / TiritiriMatangi • One year period for vestings to occur (following settlement legislation enactment) • One month ownership period before vesting back to Crown
Motu – Vestings and Vestings Back IWI/HAPŪ RECOGNITION • Each iwi/hapū can have recorded in the Gazette & NZ Herald: • Their tribal name for each of the four motu to recognise customary interests • Their ownership of the four motu • Each iwi/hapū has the right to seek redress on Crown-owned motu
Other Co-governance Arrangements • Relationship Agreement with Minister and Department of Conservation - collective and iwi/hapū relationships • Joint role with Auckland Conservation Board in development/decision-making on conservation management plan for Rangitoto, Motutapu, Motukorea and Motuihe • 3 seats on Auckland conservation Board (1 per Rōpū)
Customary Name Changes Customary Name Changes
Commercial Redress • “the right to purchase surplus Crown land in Auckland for 172 years through a Right of First Refusal regime” Page 36
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL • Exclusive right for 172 years to purchase Auckland land that is surplus: • Crown land • Specified Crown Entity land • The RFR will not encompass any land included in an iwi/hapū historical Treaty settlement • Second right to purchase – where iwi/hapū do not ultimately purchase deferred selection properties in their settlements
THE TĀMAKI COLLECTIVE DEED OF SETTLEMENT & PSGE PROPOSAL iii. COLLECTIVE POST SETTLEMENT GOVERNANCE ENTITIES
PSGEs - Background • Before Treaty settlement assets can be transferred, a Crown approved legal structure must be in place to receive them • Key design factors for the collective PSGEs: • 13 tribes • Diverse whakapapa/waka etc (3 rōpū) • Large geographical area • Diverse cultural & commercial redress • Independent expert advice obtained to select best types of PSGEs
PSGEs – Key Crown Requirements • Adequately represents and is fully accountable to all members • Transparent decision-making procedures • Ensures the ‘beneficiaries’ of the settlement and the ‘beneficiaries’ of the governance entity are identical
PSGEs – Collective & Iwi/Hapū Structure • TūpunaTaonga o TāmakiMakaurau Trust – proposed cultural redress PSGE for the 13 iwi/hapū • WhenuaHaumiRoroa o TāmakiMakaurau Limited Partnership – proposed commercial redress PSGE for the 13 iwi/hapū
PSGEs – Collective & Iwi/Hapū Structure • Rōpū entities – 3 limited partnerships and the bridge between the Collective PSGEs and iwi/hapū PSGEs • Tribal PSGEs – can invest in RFR properties directly / via their Rōpū entity
PSGEs – Nature of Entities • Cultural PSGE: • Private trust • Commonly used legal entity - can sit alongside subsidiary trusts or companies • A limited liability company will assist the work of the Trust (TūpunaTaonga o TāmakiMakaurau Trust Limited)
PSGEs – Nature of Entities • Commercial PSGE: • Limited partnership • Akin to company (recognised in legislation), but allows for ultimate commercial structuring at iwi/hapū level • A limited liability company will assist the work of the limited partnership (WhenuaHaumiRoroa o TāmakiMakaurau General Partner Limited)
THE TĀMAKI COLLECTIVE DEED OF SETTLEMENT & PSGE PROPOSAL Iv. NEXT STEPS