Te Pire Whakahoki i a Kororipo Pā/Kororipo Pā Vesting Bill
This bill transfers ownership of Kororipo Pā, a historically important Māori site in Kerikeri, from the Crown (the government) to Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia Trust. The Trust will hold the land on behalf of Ngāpuhi. The site will remain a protected historic reserve, meaning the public can still access it. The transfer is described as 'on-account', meaning its value will be counted toward any future, wider Treaty of Waitangi settlement with Ngāpuhi, but ownership will not revert to the Crown if no such settlement is reached.
What this affects
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The bill returns an important Ngāpuhi ancestral site, Kororipo Pā, to Ngāti Rēhia to hold on behalf of Ngāpuhi, as an early step ahead of a fuller Treaty of Waitangi settlement.
The purpose of this Act is to give effect to certain provisions of the deed of on-account vesting entered into between the Crown and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia Trust.
The offer proposed that Kororipo Pā would be transferred 'on-account' of a future, comprehensive Ngāpuhi Treaty settlement.
There is no mechanism for ownership to revert to the Crown should such a settlement not eventuate.
Progress through Parliament
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