This Government bill gives effect to the parts of the Ngā Hapū o Te Iwi o Whanganui Deed of Settlement (He Rau Tukutuku, signed 2 May 2026) that require legislation, settling the iwi's historical Treaty of Waitangi claims. It records the Crown's acknowledgements and apology, provides cultural redress (including protocols, a statutory acknowledgement, vested properties, and a joint reserves board with Whanganui District Council), and provides commercial redress including property transfers and rights of first refusal. The bill is before Parliament, having passed its first reading on the voices on 12 May 2026.
This bill gives effect to the Nga Hapu o Te Iwi o Whanganui Deed of Settlement, He Rau Tukutuku, signed with the Crown on 2 May 2026, settling the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Nga Hapu o Te Iwi o Whanganui. It provides the elements of redress that require legislation to implement, while other parts of the arrangements sit in the deed itself, following negotiations that began when the Crown recognised the group's mandate in 2017 and an agreement in principle in 2019.
Treaty settlement bills give legal effect to agreements already negotiated and signed, so debate usually turns on honouring the settlement and its specific redress rather than the principle of settling. Discussion can include the adequacy and finality of the redress for the hapu and how particular arrangements interact with other interests in the Whanganui area.
See the Parliament.nz ↗ site for the full bill.