Ngāti Pāhauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Act 2012 (No. 30 of 2012).

The purpose of this Act, consisting of 123 sections divided into three Parts and four Schedules, is to give effect to certain provisions of the deed ofsettlement, which is a deed thatsettlesthe historical claims of Ngāti Pāhauwera. Part 1 provides for: the effect of the settlement on the jurisdiction of a court, tribunal, or other judicial body in respect of the historical claims; consequential amendments to the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975; the effect of the settlement on certain memorials; the exclusion of the law against perpetuities, the timing of actions or matters provided for in this Act, and access to the deed of settlement. Part 2 provides for cultural redress, including: the vesting in the trustees of the Ngāti Pāhauwera Tiaki Trust of the fee simple estate in Te Heru o Tūreia to hold on behalf of Ngāti Pāhauwera and the immediate gifting of Te Heru o Tūreia Gift Area to the Crown to be administered as a historic reserve, the requirement for the Ngāti Pāhauwera Tiaki Trust to provide a registrable conservation covenant over Te Heru o Tūreia (Area B), and the declaration of Nakunaku (a site within Te Heru o Tūreia) as a historic reserve; the vesting in the trustees of the Ngāti Pāhauwera Tiaki Trust of the fee simple estate in other cultural redress properties; the right to manage the extraction of relevant hāngi stones, etc.Part 3 provides for commercial redress, including: the transfer of the licensed land to the trustees; the creation of computer registers, and the effect of registration, in relation to the commercial redress properties; the application of other enactments in relation to the transfer of commercial redress properties; provisions for RFR redress. The 4 Schedules deal with the following matters: list the hapū of Ngāti Pāhauwera (I); describe Te Heru o Tūreia that is vested in the trustees of the Ngāti Pāhauwera Tiaki Trust (II); describe the other cultural redress properties that are vested in the trustees of the Ngāti Pāhauwera Tiaki Trust (III); set out the requirements for giving notice in relation to the RFR properties (IV).