Making submissions to Parliament
The Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill (the Bill) provides for the establishment of a Māori Statutory Board that is independent of the Auckland Council, and which is intended to ensure that the Auckland Council takes the views of Māori into account when making decisions.
The Bill is the third and final Bill required to implement government’s decisions on governance arrangements for the Auckland region. Amongst the provisions in this Bill are provisions to establish an independent Māori Statutory Board.
View the information sheet on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill 2009 - Independent Maori Statutory Board [PDF, 585Kb]
View the presentation given at the information hui [PDF, 455Kb]
The following Acts have recently been passed by Parliament and come within the responsibility of the Māori Affairs portfolio.
This Act vests the fee simple estate in the Southern Arikikapakapa Reserve, the Whakarewarewa Thermal Springs Reserve and the Roto-a-Tamaheke Reserve, which are currently vested in the Crown, in a joint trust established by Ngāti Whakaue and Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao, subject to certain terms and conditions.
Ngāti Whakaue, Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao and the Te Pūmautanga trustees (on behalf of the Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi/Hapū) entered into a deed with the Crown, dated 5 August 2008, providing for the transfer of the Whakarewarewa Valley Land and the Roto-a-Tamaheke Reserve. This Act effects that transfer.
View the full text of the Whakarewarewa and Roto-a-Tamaheke Vesting Act.
The Māori Trustee Amendment Act came into force on 1 July 2009. The Māori Trustee is now a stand alone entity, separate from Te Puni Kōkiri. For information on the Māori Trustee, including questions and answers regarding the new legislation, go to www.maoritrustee.co.nz .
The Māori Trustee Amendment Act set up the Māori Trustee as a stand alone organisation included in the 4th schedule of the Public Finance Act 1989. The Act also made changes to the way in which payments on funds held in trust in the Common Fund are paid, so that they better reflect what the Māori Trustee earns in the investment of these funds.
View the full text of the Māori Trustee Act 1953.
The following Bill is currently before Parliament and comes within the responsibility of the Māori Affairs portfolio.
The Māori Trustee and Māori Development Amendment Bill (No 181-2) sets up a new statutory corporation with the title Māori Business Aotearoa New Zealand (MBANZ) to further Māori economic development by utilising resources available to Māori.
The Bill is currently on the order paper awaiting its second reading.
View the full text of the Māori Trustee and Māori Development Amendment Bill, as reported back by the Māori Affairs Committee.
View archive material on the Māori Trustee and Māori Development Amendment Bill as originally introduced.
For further information on any of the Bills or to make an enquiry, please email tpkbills@tpk.govt.nz.
Last modified: 10/04/2008