Maniapoto Deed of Settlement and Post Settlement Governance Entity Ratification Information Booklet IN YOUR RATIFICATION PACKAGE YOU WILL RECEIVE: + + + 4 1 2 3 1. The Maniapoto Ratification Information Booklet Copies of the Ratification Information Booklet, Deed 2. Voting Paper of Settlement and Post Settlement Governance Entity Trust Deed are available at www.maniapoto.iwi.nz and at 3. Ratification Information Hui Dates the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board Office. Limited copies 4. Freepost return envelope will be available at the Ratification Hui. KEY DATES 12pm, Monday 5th July 2021 - VOTING OPEN 12pm, Monday 16th August 2021 - VOTING CLOSED 12/07/2021 Te Kūiti 18/07/2021 Hamilton 27/07/2021 Auckland 13/07/2021 Taumarunui 18/07/2021 Kāwhia 28/07/2021 Napier 14/07/2021 Piopio 20/07/2021 Wellington 29/07/2021 Palmerston North 17/07/2021 Maniaiti 21/07/2021 Nelson 03/08/2021 Rotorua 17/07/2021 Ōtorohanga 22/07/2021 Christchurch 07/08/2021 Gold Coast Hui details are available on your printed hui card (included in this pack) or online via the MMTB website and Facebook page, details below. Contact details - Maniapoto Māori Trust Board Office Address: 49 Taupiri Street, Te Kūiti, 3910 If any of the documents listed above are missing, or Freephone: 0800 668 285 you need replacements or assistance, please contact the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board. Phone: 07 878 6234 Email: [email protected] Facebook: @Maniapotomaoritrustboard Website: www.maniapoto.iwi.nz Instagram: @etumaniapoto CONTENTS MIHI & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 01 OVERVIEW 03 TIMEFRAME 05 VOTING 08 RATIFICATION 09 ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE 10 RATIFICATION INFORMATION HUI 11 DEED OF SETTLEMENT 13 CLAIMANT DEFINITION 15 BACKGROUND AND HISTORICAL REDRESS 19 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT SUMMARY 20 CROWN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SUMMARY 22 CROWN APOLOGY 23 RAURUNUI: CULTURAL REDRESS 25 CULTURAL REDRESS PROPERTIES & AREAS 26 OFFICIAL PLACE NAME CHANGES 26 OTHER CONSERVATION REDRESS 27 AHUMANIA: RELATIONSHIP REDRESS 28 RAUMAIROA: NATURAL REDRESS 29 TAHUROA ME TE PAEPAEKURA 30 FINANCIAL & COMMERCIAL REDRESS POST SETTLEMENT GOVERNANCE ENTITY 33 TE NEHENEHENUI 35 MANIAPOTO FISHERIES TRUST GROUP 43 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ’S) 44 APPENDICES 49 MIHI & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ko te wehi ki a Ihowa, te tīmatanga o te whakaaro nui. Pai mārire ki a Kīngi Tūheitia, me te Kāhui Ariki whānui tonu. Ka nui te aroha ki te hunga kua tīraha, moe mai rā koutou, moe mai rā. E rau rangatira mā, e te Iwi nui tonu o Ngāti Maniapoto me ō tātou karanga maha, tēnā koutou katoa. He karanga tēnei ki te Iwi nui tonu kia huihui mai tātou ki te wānanga i ā tātou kaupapa kawe i ngā kerēme ki te aroaro o te karauna nō reira nau mai, haere mai. It has been a long journey for our people to reach the point to where we are today – the ratification of our Deed of Settlement and proposed Post Settlement Governance Entity. The time has come for all who whakapapa within our rohe to understand what is proposed, to become fully informed and have your say. Rewi Maniapoto said at the conclusion of the land wars “Ko te riri kia mutu, Me tiri he rakau pai” “Let us cease the hostilities and find a new way forward.” No settlement will ever compensate for the mamae we have endured for many generations. We reflect on the courage and sacrifice of our tūpuna and the people who have gone before us. We held fast to our mana whakahaere and a relationship with the Crown that reflected the expectations our forebears set out in their signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, within Te Ōhākī Tapu and within the Kawenata of 1903. Today, we hold fast to the expectations our elders have set. The new way forward is a new relationship with the Crown that is partnership and respects the rangatiratanga of our whānau within Te Rohe Pōtae. For those whānau who have committed over the last 30 years to the Waitangi Tribunal process, to informing the settlement and the design of the proposed new governance entity, I acknowledge your hard work and commitment. I would also like to acknowledge our negotiators for their dedication and commitment through the negotiations process. On behalf of the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board, we present to you this information booklet which provides a summary of what you are being asked to vote on and how the voting process will work. This ratification is the most significant part of our settlement journey. We have worked tirelessly towards this milestone over the past five years, resulting in a very comprehensive settlement for our people. We now need you to continue supporting our journey, by voting ‘YES’ to the resolutions explained in this booklet. To our whānau of Te Nehenehenui, our kaumātua, our pakeke, our mokopuna; this is your time. We are about to consider the most significant issue of our generation. I am confident our people will continue to move forward with the principles set by our tūpuna as our guide. Within the Kawenata our tūpuna said “Ko te mea nui i roto i tenei whakahaere ko te whakatopu i te iwi, kia kotahi ai te tinana me te whakaaro ki te rapu i nga tikanga e tupu ai te iwi i runga i te pai i te rangatiratanga me te whai rawatanga. Kia whanui ai hoki te titiro ki runga ki nga tikanga katoa e ahu mai ana i nga taumata nunui o te motu. Ma te topu o te iwi, ka mutu te ngaungau me te taututetute, katahi ka whanui ki nga tikanga katoa pa ana ki te iwi.” 1 (“Of prime importance in this arrangement is the amalgamation of the people, to be one in thought and deed, to find ways by which the iwi can grow, can benefit [from that growth] with their rangatiratanga [intact], and can prosper. To be able also to see the breadth of opportunities in areas of national importance. Through the amalgamation of the iwi, argument and dissension will cease, resulting in a breadth of vision in iwi activities of benefit to the iwi.”) We strongly recommend that you vote YES to all three resolutions that are explained in this booklet. By voting YES you will authorise the establishment of a completely new entity to hold and manage all of the Settlement redress. By voting YES you will also approve the Settlement redress explained in this booklet. This includes: • significant financial redress (cash) that on the Settlement Date will in total be worth approximately $177 million; • rights to purchase further significant areas of Crown land in the future including unique redress such as the Tokanui Hospital site which must first be fully remediated (cleaned up) by the Crown at their own cost (not at the cost of Ngāti Maniapoto). This is estimated to cost the Crown an additional tens of millions; • the transfer of significant areas of Crown land back to Maniapoto as cultural redress; • agreement with the Crown on new relationships to build a better future; • recognition by the Crown of our story, their Treaty breaches and a formal apology for those breaches. By voting YES you also approve the transfer of the current Board assets including fisheries assets into the completely new entity so our Maniapoto collective assets are then all held and managed in one place. This is explained in this booklet. 2 Over the last five years we had a great negotiation team who were supported by the most experienced and successful advisors in the Treaty Settlement negotiation space. We have done all the hard work, with the right people, and are firmly of the view that we have negotiated the very best Settlement package possible for all. Now is the time to move forward for the betterment of our people, so we don’t leave the grievance to be carried by future generations. We therefore strongly recommend that you vote YES to all three resolutions Nō reira, e rau rangatira mā, Tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa Keith Ikin Chairman - Maniapoto Māori Trust Board A muri kia mau ki tēnā, kia mau ki te kawau mārō, whanake ake, whanake ake. OVERVIEW Since becoming the mandated Iwi authority in December 2016, the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board (MMTB) have been negotiating a comprehensive redress offer with the Crown for the settlement of all of the Ngāti Maniapoto historical Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi claims on behalf of Maniapoto (inclusive of all within Te Nehenehenui). Ngāti Maniapoto (Maniapoto) signed an Agreement in Principle with the Crown on 15 August 2017 and initialled a Deed of Settlement (DOS) on 17 December 2020 (see timeframe diagram on page 5). 3 Mangaokewa Reserve 4 TIMEFRAME PRE NEGOTIATIONS NEGOTIATIONS Terms of Agreement in Draft Deed of Draft PSGE Mandate Negotiations Principle Settlement Deed/Charter December 2016 December 2016 August 2017 Iwi decision required Now that we have reached the final step in resolving our historical Treaty of Waitangi claims and initialled a Deed of Settlement (DOS), our people have the opportunity to vote and accept (or not), key kaupapa aimed to achieve the future aspirations of our whānau, marae and hapū. The significant kaupapa that will require Iwi ratification are: Resolution 1 - I approve the Ngāti Maniapoto Deed of Settlement and authorise the signing of the Deed of Settlement by the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board on behalf of Ngāti Maniapoto. Resolution 2 - I approve Te Nehenehenui as the Post Settlement Governance Entity to receive, hold and manage the Treaty of Waitangi historical settlement redress on behalf of Ngāti Maniapoto. In addition to the above resolutions, another key matter requiring Iwi ratification is; Resolution 3 - I agree to ratify the constitutional documents of Te Nehenehenui, for the purposes of the Māori Fisheries Act 2004 and the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 and agree it should replace the Maniapoto Māori Trust Board as the Ngāti Maniapoto Mandated Iwi Organisation and Iwi Aquaculture Organisation for the purposes of those Acts.