Te Korowai o Wainuiārua Claims Settlement Bill

Members, the House is in committee on the Te Korowai o Wainuiārua Claims Settlement Bill. We come first to Part 1. This is the debate on clauses 3 to 22, “Preliminary matters, historical account, acknowledgements and apology, and settlement of historical claims”. The question is that Part 1 stand part.

The Te Korowai o Wainuiārua Claims Settlement Bill was first introduced in the House in December 2023. Since that time, a number of changes to the bill have been identified as necessary. The Amendment Paper is needed to make technical amendments to the bill, which were identified by the Parliamentary Counsel Office. Minor changes also are required to the relevant law by the courts.

The technical changes include correcting reference to ministerial portfolios and inconsistency with the time frames and board membership under the Resource Management Act and Reserve Bank. A minor change is also made to allow Te Korowai o Wainuiārua the opportunity to exclude the Māori Land Court jurisdiction from being applied. These amendments are minor and do not change the redress package.

The question is that the Minister’s amendment to Part 1 set out on Amendment Paper 248 be agreed to.

Amendment agreed to.

Part 1 as amended agreed to.

Part 2 Cultural redress