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• Rangitane o Wairau Deed of Settlement Summary 4 Dec 2010

• Wai 2660 Doc 15 Review of Foreshore and Seabed Act Principles and Common Understandings

• Ngai Tahu Deed of Settlement Introduction 21 Nov 1997

• Rangitane o Manawatu Deed of Settlement 14 Nov 2015

• Rangitane o Manawatu Deed as Initialled 1 May 2015

• Heretaunga Tamatea Deed of Settlement Summary 26 Sep 2015

• Ngati Koata Deed of Settlement Summary 21 Dec 2012 v2

• Our leaders

  ...Moana—Te Tari Whakatau Justine Smith (Ngāti Apakura) was appointed Chief Executive, Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana—Te Tari Whakatau in May 2025. Justine’s previous experience over more than 20 years includes key leadership roles in Māori–Crown relations, including at the Office of Treaty Settlements, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Internal Affairs, Tupuna Maunga Authority and Auckland Council.  Justine holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Clas...

• Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara

  ...by Ngāti Whātua. By 1880, Ngāti Whātua were no longer selling land as a strategic move to promote development, but using it as a means of repaying debts and as a source of much-needed income. Ngāti Whātua leaders sought equal participation for Mäori in central and local government. The four Māori seats established in 1867 to represent Māori in Parliament did not meet Ngāti Whātua expectations. To encourage European settlement in the south Kaipara, Ngāti Whātua made lands available...

• Te Arawa Lakes

  ...Background An account of the historical background agreed between the Crown and Te Arawa is included in the Deed of Settlement, along with acknowledgements of Crown breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi and a Crown Apology for those breaches. The Te Arawa Māori Trust Board lodged the Te Arawa lakes claim (Wai 240) with the Waitangi Tribunal in April 1987. Rather than proceed with a hearing, Te Arawa entered preliminary discussions with the Crown in 1989 for the direct negotiation of the...