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NZL-2017-L-108218
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Title_of_text
Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017 (2017 No 7).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
New Zealand
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions; Indigenous and tribal peoples
Adopted on (Date of text)
2017-03-20
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Act is most notable in that it it confers a legal personality on the Whanganui River. A legal person is an entity that has the same rights and responsibilities as a person hence increasing the legal mechanisms to ensure protection of the river. The purpose of this Act was trifold:
(a) to record the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to Whanganui Iwi in Ruruku Whakatupua — Te Mana o Te Iwi o Whanganui; and
(b) to give effect to the provisions of the deed of settlement that establish Te Pā Auroa nā Te Awa Tupua; and
(c) to give effect to the provisions of the deed of settlement that settle the historical claims of Whanganui Iwi as those claims relate to the Whanganui River.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1975-10-10 (NZL-1975-L-51616)
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 (No. 114).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
New Zealand Legislation, Parliamentary Counsel Office
URL
http://legislation.govt.nz
File
NZL108218.pdf (PDF)