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behalf of Mataatua) will be known as Te
Paepae o Aotea. Awaateatua Beach will be
known as Te Awa a Te Atua Beach. Braemar
Springs will be known as to Te Waiü o
Pukemarie/Braemar Springs. In addition,
Thornton Wildlife Management Reserve
will be known as Ökörero/Thornton Wildlife
Management Reserve.
The Crown also gifted Ngäti Awa $1 million to
assist in the redevelopment of the Mataatua
meeting house complex. The Mataatua meeting
house was returned to Ngäti Awa in 1996 in
partial settlement of Ngäti Awa's historical
claims. The Crown will also gift the land under
the Whakatäne Airport to Ngäti Awa, if it ever
ceases to be reserved as an airport.
6.1.3 Ngäti Tüwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
The Crown and Ngäti Tüwharetoa (Bay of
Plenty) signed a Deed of Settlement in June
2003. This settlement included a quantum of
$10.5 million, and the right to purchase 884
hectares of Crown Forest licensed land within
the Rotoehu West forest. Accumulated rentals
were included with this purchase.
This asset base has now grown to $45 million
as Ngäti Tüwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) purchased
a Crown-owned geothermal bore and the
associated land, and is now receiving an annual
income of $6-6.5 million from this bore.
Ngäti Tüwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) also has a
right of refusal over Crown geothermal assets
associated with the supply of steam to the
Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill, should they be
offered for sale and the owners of the mill do not
exercise their pre-emptive rights to the assets.
Ngäti Tüwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) statutory
acknowledgements include Rotomä Forest
Conservation Area, Lake Rotomä Scenic
Reserve, Lake Tamurenui Wildlife Management
Reserve, parts of the Tarawera and
Rangitaiki Rivers. Sites transferred to the iwi
include Te Atua Reretahi (in the Rotomä
Forest Conservation Area); Otitapu Lookout
(in the Lake Rotomä Scenic Reserve);
Te Wahieroa (in the Western Whakatäne
Coastal Recreation Reserve); Te Kaukahiwi o
Tirotirowhetu (in the Parimahana Scenic
Reserve); Whakapaukörero (in the Matatä
Scenic Reserve). These sites total approximately
66 hectares.
6.1.4 Te Arawa Lakes
The Crown and Te Arawa signed a deed of
settlement in 2004 for Te Arawa Historical
Claims and Remaining Annuity Issues over
14 lakes. 25 These lakes are Rotoehu, Rotomä,
Rotoiti/Te Roto-Whaiti-i-kite-ai-a-Ihengai-Ariki-ai-a-Kahumatamomoe,
Rotorua/
Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe, Ökataina/
Te Moana-i-kataina-a-Te-Rangitakaroro,
Ökareka, Rerewhakaaitu, Tarawera,
Rotomahana, Tikitapu, Ngähewa, Tutaeinanga,
Ngäpouri/Öpouri and Ökaro/Ngakaro.
The settlement includes acknowledgements
and an apology given by the Crown to
Te Arawa, and financial and annuity redress.
Te Arawa received a quantum of $2.7 million,
$7.3 million of annuity redress and $400,000
to purchase fish licenses. While the cultural
redress recognises Te Arawa traditional,
historical, cultural and spiritual association
with the lakes covered in the settlement,
including the transfer of 13 lakebeds.
25 This settlement was signed after the Crown agreed in 1997 to negotiate Te Arawa’s lakes claims separately from their other
historical claims.
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