Te Aupouri Claims Settlement Act 2015 (No. 77 of 2015).

The purpose of this Act, consisting of 207 sections, divided into four Parts and completed by six Schedules, is: to record the acknowledgements and apology offered by the Crown to Te Aupouri in the deed of settlement; and to give effect to certain provisions of the deed of settlement, which is a deed that settles the historical claims of Te Aupouri. Part 1 sets out a summary of the historical account, and records the text of the acknowledgements and apology offered by the Crown to Te Aupouri, as recorded in the deed of settlement; defines terms used in this Act, including key terms such as Te Aupouri and historical claims; provides that the settlement of the historical claims is final; provides for: the effect of the settlement of the historical claims on the jurisdiction of a court, tribunal, or other judicial body in respect of the historical claims; a consequential amendment to the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975; the effect of the settlement on certain memorials; and the exclusion of the law against perpetuities; access to the deed of settlement.
Part 2 provides for cultural redress, including: in subpart 1, cultural redress requiring vesting in the trustees of the fee simple estate in certain cultural redress properties; cultural redress that does not involve the vesting of land, namely: in subpart 2, provisions for the management of Te Oneroa-aTohe / Ninety Mile Beach in relation to the Te Oneroa-a-Tohe management area by the establishment of a Board, the appointment of hearing commissioners, and a requirement for a beach management plan; in subpart 3, the korowai redress under which the Crown and Te Hiku o Te Ika iwi enter into co-governance arrangements over conservation land in the korowai area.
Part 3 provides for commercial redress, including: in subpart 1, the transfer of commercial redress properties and a commercial property (if any); in subpart 2, the licensed land redress; in subpart 3, the provision of access to protected sites; in subpart 4, the right of first refusal (RFR) redress. Part 4 sets out the transitional provisions required to enable Te Aupouri governance reorganisation. The 6 Schedules describe the following matters: cultural redress properties (I); Te Oneroa-a-Tohe redress (II); the korowai (III); statutory areas to which the statutory acknowledgement relates (IV); sets out provisions that apply to notices given in relation to RFR land (V); provides for the transfer of certain assets of Te Aupouri Maori Trust Board (VI).